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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Sylvester took in $16.4 million and spent $20.4 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)86%City taxes7.9%County and local tax money3.6%Fines and other2.2%State tax money0.5%

What stands out

86%

of Sylvester'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 taxes7.9%

Property tax
5.6%$924 thousand
Other taxes
2.2%$365 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage taxes; public utility taxes and 5 more
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$106 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$83 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$52 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$39 thousand
  • Other licenses$34 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$31 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$20 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services86%

Fees for services
86%$14.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 7 more
  • Electric power$10.3 million
  • Sewer$1.4 million
  • Garbage collection$838 thousand
  • Gas$817 thousand
  • Water$639 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$58 thousand
  • Other service charges$54 thousand
  • Airport$6 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.5%

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

From the state
0.5%$87 thousand

County and local tax money3.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
3.6%$587 thousand

Fines and other2.2%

Fines
1.3%$216 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.8%$137 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities56%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Running the government and other costs16%Roads, transit and parking7.6%Interest on debt0.8%All other spending1.7%

What stands out

56%

of Sylvester's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
56%$11.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; gas supply and 3 more
  • Electric power$8.3 million
  • Gas supply$1.0 million
  • Water supply$796 thousand
  • Sewer systems$717 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$646 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$3.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$2.0 million
  • Fire protection$1.1 million
  • Courts and legal services$186 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$153 thousand
Running the government and other costs
16%$3.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$1.5 million
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$366 thousand
  • Government buildings$117 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.6%$1.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.5 million
  • Airports$48 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$161 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.7%$151 thousand
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$151 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$139 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$139 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$38 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$38 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$12 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of City of Sylvester 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.