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Rising Sun's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Rising Sun took in $15.0 million and spent $9.6 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)53%State tax money30%Fines and other15%City taxes0.5%Federal tax money0.2%County and local tax money0.1%

What stands out

30%

of Rising Sun's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes0.5%

Property tax
0.5%$74 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$4 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services53%

Fees for services
53%$8.0 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 4 more
  • Electric power$4.5 million
  • Water$2.5 million
  • Sewer$664 thousand
  • Garbage collection$179 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$109 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$7 thousand

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%$27 thousand

State tax money30%

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

From the state
30%$4.5 million

County and local tax money0.1%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.1%$19 thousand

Fines and other15%

Interest, rents and other
15%$2.3 million
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities47%Running the government and other costs23%Police, fire, courts and jails9.6%Interest on debt9.0%Roads, transit and parking5.8%All other spending4.8%

What stands out

9%

of Rising Sun'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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
47%$4.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$3.6 million
  • Sewer systems$411 thousand
  • Water supply$336 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$155 thousand
Running the government and other costs
23%$2.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.4 million
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$611 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$245 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$28 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.6%$921 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$851 thousand
  • Fire protection$70 thousand
Interest on debt
9.0%$867 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.8%$553 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$553 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.4%$322 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$322 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$142 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$142 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Rising Sun. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Rising Sun 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.