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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended April 30, 2024), Breese took in $16.6 million and spent $13.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)65%State tax money19%City taxes14%Fines and other2.7%

What stands out

65%

of Breese'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 taxes14%

Property tax
11%$1.9 million
Other taxes
2.9%$482 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes and other licenses
  • Other selective sales taxes$434 thousand
  • Other licenses$48 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$10.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 2 more
  • Electric power$6.5 million
  • Water$1.9 million
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Sewer$776 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money19%

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

From the state
19%$3.1 million

Fines and other2.7%

Interest, rents and other
2.6%$429 thousand
Fines
0.1%$18 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities52%Running the government and other costs17%Parks, recreation and libraries8.7%Police, fire, courts and jails7.7%Roads, transit and parking7.5%Health and hospitals7.4%

What stands out

7.4%

of Breese's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
52%$7.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power and water supply
  • Electric power$5.8 million
  • Water supply$1.2 million
Running the government and other costs
17%$2.3 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.0 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$18 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
8.7%$1.2 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$677 thousand
  • Libraries$499 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.7%$1.0 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$1.0 million
Roads, transit and parking
7.5%$1.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
Health and hospitals
7.4%$1.0 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.0 million
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

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

What this covers. The money of City of Breese 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.