Budget Information

Key 2022 Accomplishments:

• Foreclosed on properties owing the 2019 tax.  The auction was held online only this year.  The auction netted approximately $31,680.

• Successfully completed 2021 calendar year audit with independent auditing firm Freed, Maxick & Battaglia. The County received an unqualified opinion and was notified that the County’s financial operations are run very well.

• The County maintained a bond rating of AA- from S&P Rating Agency.

• Issued 30 year, $70 million debt to fund the construction of a new jail.
• At the request of the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District, the Treasurer’s Office collected the school’s 2022-23 tax bills. 
• Continued to support all of the local assessors in carrying out their assessment duties.  Supported the City of Batavia and the Towns of Alexander, Batavia, Bergen, Byron, Elba, Oakfield, Pavilion, Pembroke, and Stafford with annual assessment update duties for the 2022 assessment rolls. Continued collaboration with IT to house countywide assessment data for the entire county.

• Continued maintenance of online assessment data sources including PROS, Parcel History Database (PHD) and GIS. 

• The Real Property Division has continued the tax map maintenance contract with the Orleans County Real Property Department to perform the tax map maintenance of over 22,000 parcels in Orleans County.

Key 2023 Goals:

• Complete the annual tax foreclosure auction with delinquent parcel owing 2020 taxes.
• Continue working with Three+One to maximize the County’s interest earnings.

• Complete the annual independent audit with new auditors Drescher & Malecki.

• Continue to work with the Town Clerks who are utilizing the online tax payments and make this available to any other towns that are interested in setting this service up for their residents.

• Continue to provide tax collection services for Oakfield-Alabama Central School District as well as any other school districts that have interest in this service.

• Continue to support municipalities with their annual assessment projects.

• Continue the in-house maintenance of the County’s tax maps and continue the collaborative effort with Orleans County Real Property in regards to the tax map maintenance contract.

• Support the continued development of the GIS site.

• Continued support of the online assessment information that has been made available to the public. 

• Continue to support and maintain the virtual desktops and server which houses all of Genesee County’s assessment data.

Budget Highlights:

• The difference between budgeted and actual revenues in 2021 is largely due to $50,000 of TASC revenue that was budgeted but not received, this is also the main difference between budgeted revenues in 2021 and 2022.

• The increase in 2023 budgeted revenue is primarily due to the Oakfield-Alabama Central School tax collection contract.
• The increase in 2023 budgeted contractual expense is primarily due to the increase in cost for contracted accounting services as well as increases in estimated paper, printing, and mailing costs.