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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Fertile took in $588 thousand and spent $465 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)47%City taxes26%Fines and other11%County and local tax money6.6%Federal tax money5.6%State tax money4.4%

What stands out

8%

of Fertile's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes26%

Property tax
18%$105 thousand
Sales tax
8.0%$47 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$1 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes
  • Public utility taxes$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services47%

Fees for services
47%$275 thousand
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 3 more
  • Other service charges$105 thousand
  • Sewer$66 thousand
  • Water$66 thousand
  • Garbage collection$31 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money5.6%

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

From the federal government
5.6%$33 thousand

State tax money4.4%

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

From the state
4.4%$26 thousand

County and local tax money6.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
6.6%$39 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
11%$62 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails30%Water, sewer, trash and utilities25%Parks, recreation and libraries21%Running the government and other costs17%Roads, transit and parking4.9%All other spending2.2%

What stands out

21%

of Fertile's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
30%$140 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; police and 1 more
  • Fire protection$132 thousand
  • Police$7 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$1 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
25%$114 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$49 thousand
  • Sewer systems$34 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$31 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
21%$98 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$55 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$43 thousand
Running the government and other costs
17%$80 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$53 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$12 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$3 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.9%$23 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$23 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$7 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$7 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$2 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$2 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Fertile. 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 Fertile 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.