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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Bagley took in $9.0 million and spent $8.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, liquor stores)80%State tax money11%City taxes7.2%Fines and other2.0%Federal tax money<0.1%

What stands out

80%

of Bagley'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 taxes7.2%

Property tax
7.1%$640 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$7 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$7 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services80%

Fees for services
80%$7.2 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; liquor stores and 3 more
  • Electric power$4.9 million
  • Liquor stores$2.1 million
  • Parks and recreation$94 thousand
  • Other service charges$91 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$5 thousand

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$951 thousand

Fines and other2.0%

Interest, rents and other
1.9%$171 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$6 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities73%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails7.4%Running the government and other costs5.7%Parks, recreation and libraries1.2%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

73%

of Bagley's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
73%$5.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; liquor stores and 1 more
  • Electric power$4.2 million
  • Liquor stores$1.7 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$4 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$925 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$525 thousand
  • Airports$400 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.4%$606 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$451 thousand
  • Fire protection$155 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.7%$468 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$268 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$174 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$22 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.2%$96 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$71 thousand
  • Libraries$25 thousand
Housing and community development
0.8%$65 thousand
Interest on debt
0.7%$61 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Bagley. 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 Bagley 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.