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Bird Island's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Bird Island took in $2.2 million and spent $1.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (water, sewer)41%City taxes30%State tax money21%Fines and other5.6%Federal tax money2.4%

What stands out

29%

of Bird Island's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes30%

Property tax
29%$650 thousand
Other taxes
1.0%$22 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$17 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services41%

Fees for services
41%$897 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 3 more
  • Water$462 thousand
  • Sewer$235 thousand
  • Housing$121 thousand
  • Other service charges$40 thousand
  • Road charges$39 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.4%

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

From the federal government
2.4%$52 thousand

State tax money21%

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

From the state
21%$462 thousand

Fines and other5.6%

Interest, rents and other
5.4%$120 thousand
Fines
0.1%$3 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities33%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails14%Interest on debt11%Roads, transit and parking9.8%All other spending9.6%

What stands out

11%

of Bird Island'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
33%$631 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply and sewer systems
  • Water supply$367 thousand
  • Sewer systems$264 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$421 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$241 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$175 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$4 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
14%$263 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$204 thousand
  • Fire protection$59 thousand
Interest on debt
11%$212 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$122 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$90 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.8%$185 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$185 thousand
Housing and community development
4.9%$93 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.4%$84 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$45 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$5 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$5 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Bird Island. 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 Bird Island 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.