City government · Roseau County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Roseau took in $15.1 million and spent $16.8 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, liquor stores)67%State tax money20%City taxes8.3%Federal tax money2.5%Fines and other2.3%

What stands out

67%

of Roseau'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 taxes8.3%

Property tax
7.3%$1.1 million
Other taxes
1.0%$153 thousand
What's in other taxesOther selective sales taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Other selective sales taxes$69 thousand
  • Other licenses$53 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$31 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$10.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; liquor stores and 7 more
  • Electric power$4.5 million
  • Liquor stores$2.4 million
  • Housing$1.4 million
  • Water$586 thousand
  • Garbage collection$545 thousand
  • Sewer$302 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$127 thousand
  • Other service charges$101 thousand
  • Airport$72 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.5%

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

From the federal government
2.5%$383 thousand

State tax money20%

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

From the state
20%$3.1 million

Fines and other2.3%

Interest, rents and other
2.2%$332 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$9 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities45%Housing and community development21%Running the government and other costs12%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Roads, transit and parking7.4%All other spending6.5%

What stands out

21%

of Roseau's spending goes to housing and community development.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
45%$7.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; liquor stores and 3 more
  • Electric power$3.6 million
  • Liquor stores$1.9 million
  • Water supply$1.0 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$591 thousand
  • Sewer systems$530 thousand
Housing and community development
21%$3.5 million
Running the government and other costs
12%$2.1 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$2.0 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$96 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$33 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.9%$1.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$1.0 million
  • Fire protection$287 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.4%$1.2 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$1.0 million
  • Airports$233 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.9%$991 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$904 thousand
  • Libraries$87 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$105 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Roseau. 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 Roseau 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.