City government · Mille Lacs County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Isle took in $3.3 million and spent $2.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, sewer)64%City taxes21%State tax money11%Fines and other2.9%Federal tax money1.5%

What stands out

64%

of Isle'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 taxes21%

Property tax
20%$667 thousand
Other taxes
1.0%$34 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$26 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$6 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services64%

Fees for services
64%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; sewer and 3 more
  • Liquor stores$977 thousand
  • Sewer$639 thousand
  • Water$330 thousand
  • Other service charges$144 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.5%

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

From the federal government
1.5%$48 thousand

State tax money11%

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

From the state
11%$355 thousand

Fines and other2.9%

Interest, rents and other
2.4%$79 thousand
Fines
0.5%$16 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities54%Police, fire, courts and jails27%Running the government and other costs8.2%Interest on debt5.1%Roads, transit and parking4.9%All other spending1.4%

What stands out

27%

of Isle's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
54%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$818 thousand
  • Sewer systems$349 thousand
  • Water supply$332 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
27%$743 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$492 thousand
  • Fire protection$251 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.2%$230 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting; other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$131 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$88 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$9 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Interest on debt
5.1%$141 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$139 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.9%$138 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$138 thousand
Housing and community development
1.2%$33 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Isle. 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 Isle 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.