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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Remer took in $2.3 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 (liquor stores, hospital bills)71%City taxes16%Fines and other8.0%State tax money4.8%Federal tax money1.0%

What stands out

71%

of Remer'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 taxes16%

Property tax
15%$358 thousand
Other taxes
<0.1%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services71%

Fees for services
71%$1.6 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; hospital bills and 4 more
  • Liquor stores$1.1 million
  • Hospital bills$175 thousand
  • Sewer$154 thousand
  • Other service charges$111 thousand
  • Water$78 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$22 thousand

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$112 thousand

Fines and other8.0%

Interest, rents and other
8.0%$186 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities59%Health and hospitals15%Running the government and other costs12%Roads, transit and parking8.2%Police, fire, courts and jails4.4%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

15%

of Remer's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
59%$1.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Liquor stores$1.0 million
  • Sewer systems$58 thousand
  • Water supply$46 thousand
Health and hospitals
15%$293 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$293 thousand
Running the government and other costs
12%$232 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$137 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$86 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$7 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$2 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.2%$156 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$156 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
4.4%$85 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection
  • Fire protection$85 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$4 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Remer. 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 Remer 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.