City government · Fillmore County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lanesboro took in $4.4 million and spent $6.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, parks and recreation)56%State tax money20%City taxes17%Fines and other4.8%Federal tax money0.9%County and local tax money0.7%

What stands out

56%

of Lanesboro'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 taxes17%

Property tax
15%$674 thousand
Sales tax
1.6%$71 thousand
Other taxes
0.3%$15 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$9 thousand
  • Other licenses$6 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services56%

Fees for services
56%$2.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$105 thousand
  • Other service charges$77 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.9%

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

From the federal government
0.9%$40 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$893 thousand

County and local tax money0.7%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.7%$30 thousand

Fines and other4.8%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$211 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities68%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Roads, transit and parking7.5%Parks, recreation and libraries5.8%Running the government and other costs5.2%All other spending1.9%

What stands out

68%

of Lanesboro'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
68%$4.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power
  • Electric power$4.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$799 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$659 thousand
  • Fire protection$140 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.5%$522 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$522 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.8%$404 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$302 thousand
  • Libraries$102 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.2%$363 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Other and not broken out$294 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$63 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$6 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.6%$112 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$112 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$21 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Lanesboro. 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 Lanesboro 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.