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Vernon's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Vernon took in $310 million and spent $255 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, gas)74%City taxes15%Fines and other11%State tax money0.3%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

74%

of Vernon's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 35%.

City taxes15%

Other taxes
9.3%$28.9 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$15.1 million
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$5.7 million
  • Occupation and business licenses$5.6 million
  • Other licenses$2.4 million
  • Real estate and stock transfer taxes$81 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
3.6%$11.1 million
Property tax
1.6%$5.1 million

Fees for services74%

Fees for services
74%$230 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; gas and 2 more
  • Electric power$202 million
  • Gas$14.1 million
  • Water$9.3 million
  • Other service charges$5.4 million

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
0.2%$744 thousand

State tax money0.3%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
0.3%$866 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
10%$32.4 million
Fines
0.2%$666 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities47%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Running the government and other costs16%Sent to other local governments6.6%Interest on debt4.3%All other spending4.4%

What stands out

6.6%

of Vernon's spending goes to local governments.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
47%$119 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; gas supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$98.1 million
  • Gas supply$14.0 million
  • Water supply$7.1 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$55.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Fire protection$21.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$16.9 million
  • Police$15.4 million
  • Inspections and regulation$1.6 million
Running the government and other costs
16%$41.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$19.6 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$16.4 million
  • Other and not broken out$4.7 million
  • Other government-run businesses$701 thousand
Sent to other local governments
6.6%$16.9 million
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$16.9 million
Interest on debt
4.3%$11.0 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on electric power debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on electric power debt$10.4 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$538 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.0%$7.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$7.6 million
Health and hospitals
1.0%$2.5 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2.5 million
Housing and community development
0.4%$1.1 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Vernon. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Vernon itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.