Township government · Kalkaska County, MI

Blue Lake Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Blue Lake Township took in $762 thousand and spent $864 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes78%State tax money15%Fines and other7.2%

What stands out

7.2%

of Blue Lake Township's money comes from interest, rents and other revenue.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people gets 1%.

Township taxes78%

Property tax
76%$582 thousand
Other taxes
1.7%$13 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$13 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$112 thousand

Fines and other7.2%

Interest, rents and other
7.2%$55 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking39%Running the government and other costs25%Police, fire, courts and jails24%Water, sewer, trash and utilities9.8%Sent to other local governments1.5%Health and hospitals0.5%

What stands out

10%

of Blue Lake Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
39%$338 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$338 thousand
Running the government and other costs
25%$219 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$103 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$67 thousand
  • Government buildings$42 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$7 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
24%$205 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and police
  • Fire protection$192 thousand
  • Police$13 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
9.8%$85 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$85 thousand
Sent to other local governments
1.5%$13 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$13 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.5%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsHospitals
  • Hospitals$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Blue Lake Township. 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 Blue Lake Township 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.