City government · Stearns County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Melrose took in $22.1 million and spent $18.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)85%City taxes9.7%State tax money4.8%Fines and other0.9%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

85%

of Melrose'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 taxes9.7%

Property tax
6.8%$1.5 million
Other taxes
2.9%$640 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and other licenses
  • Public utility taxes$611 thousand
  • Other licenses$29 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services85%

Fees for services
85%$18.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 6 more
  • Electric power$12.3 million
  • Sewer$4.1 million
  • Water$1.1 million
  • Hospital bills$927 thousand
  • Other service charges$181 thousand
  • Road charges$32 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$19 thousand
  • Transit fares$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$25 thousand

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$1.1 million

Fines and other0.9%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$170 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities75%Running the government and other costs9.0%Roads, transit and parking6.3%Police, fire, courts and jails5.3%Health and hospitals3.9%All other spending1.0%

What stands out

75%

of Melrose'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
75%$13.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$9.6 million
  • Sewer systems$2.4 million
  • Water supply$1.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$4 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.0%$1.6 million
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$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$294 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$26 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
6.3%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
  • Public transit$6 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
5.3%$959 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$780 thousand
  • Fire protection$179 thousand
Health and hospitals
3.9%$699 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$699 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.4%$76 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$76 thousand
Housing and community development
0.3%$52 thousand
Interest on debt
0.3%$45 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Melrose. 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 Melrose 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.