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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Dysart took in $3.7 million and spent $3.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)65%City taxes25%State tax money5.8%Fines and other2.6%Federal tax money1.0%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

65%

of Dysart'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 taxes25%

Property tax
22%$814 thousand
Sales tax
3.3%$124 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$10 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$6 thousand
  • Other licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$2.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 4 more
  • Electric power$1.3 million
  • Sewer$412 thousand
  • Water$357 thousand
  • Garbage collection$248 thousand
  • Other service charges$66 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$28 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$38 thousand

State tax money5.8%

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

From the state
5.8%$217 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$9 thousand

Fines and other2.6%

Interest, rents and other
2.5%$95 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities56%Parks, recreation and libraries15%Police, fire, courts and jails9.7%Health and hospitals8.8%Roads, transit and parking3.8%All other spending6.7%

What stands out

8.8%

of Dysart'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
56%$2.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Sewer systems$451 thousand
  • Water supply$323 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$245 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
15%$559 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$475 thousand
  • Libraries$84 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.7%$371 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$342 thousand
  • Fire protection$26 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$3 thousand
Health and hospitals
8.8%$336 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$336 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
3.8%$144 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$144 thousand
Interest on debt
3.5%$134 thousand
Running the government and other costs
2.4%$92 thousand
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$58 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.8%$31 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$31 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Dysart. 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 Dysart 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.