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Moore Haven's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Moore Haven took in $41.4 million and spent $38.3 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (housing, electric power)98%City taxes1.2%Fines and other0.4%State tax money0.3%

What stands out

98%

of Moore Haven'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 taxes1.2%

Property tax
0.5%$200 thousand
Other taxes
0.4%$161 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$146 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$15 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
0.3%$128 thousand

Fees for services98%

Fees for services
98%$40.6 million
What's in fees for servicesHousing; other service charges and 5 more
  • Housing$33.6 million
  • Other service charges$3.2 million
  • Electric power$1.9 million
  • Water$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$452 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$37 thousand
  • Ports and waterways$21 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.3%

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

From the state
0.3%$129 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$167 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs63%Interest on debt26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.2%Parks, recreation and libraries1.4%Roads, transit and parking0.5%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

26%

of Moore Haven's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
63%$24.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out and finance, tax collection and budgeting
  • Other and not broken out$23.5 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$633 thousand
Interest on debt
26%$10.1 million
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$9.9 million
  • Interest on water supply debt$122 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.2%$3.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$1.5 million
  • Water supply$1.3 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$264 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.4%$544 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$544 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.5%$202 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$202 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
0.3%$126 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsInspections and regulation and courts and legal services
  • Inspections and regulation$80 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$46 thousand
Environment and natural resources
<0.1%$27 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$27 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$25 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$25 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Moore Haven. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Moore Haven 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.