City government · Fillmore County, MN

Spring Valley's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Spring Valley took in $8.3 million and spent $7.0 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)62%City taxes20%State tax money12%Fines and other4.4%County and local tax money0.6%

What stands out

62%

of Spring Valley'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 taxes20%

Property tax
20%$1.7 million
Other taxes
0.5%$38 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; other licenses and 1 more
  • Public utility taxes$15 thousand
  • Other licenses$12 thousand
  • Other selective sales taxes$11 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services62%

Fees for services
62%$5.2 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 5 more
  • Electric power$3.4 million
  • Sewer$585 thousand
  • Hospital bills$542 thousand
  • Water$464 thousand
  • Road charges$120 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$39 thousand
  • Other service charges$19 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$1.0 million

County and local tax money0.6%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.6%$52 thousand

Fines and other4.4%

Interest, rents and other
4.4%$361 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$7 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities57%Health and hospitals9.3%Roads, transit and parking8.8%Police, fire, courts and jails7.4%Parks, recreation and libraries7.0%All other spending11%

What stands out

9.3%

of Spring Valley'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
57%$4.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 1 more
  • Electric power$2.9 million
  • Water supply$588 thousand
  • Sewer systems$442 thousand
Health and hospitals
9.3%$645 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$645 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
8.8%$612 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$612 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.4%$518 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$407 thousand
  • Fire protection$111 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.0%$485 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$297 thousand
  • Libraries$188 thousand
Running the government and other costs
5.7%$398 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$216 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$156 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$26 thousand
Interest on debt
5.1%$355 thousand
What's in interest on debtInterest on general debt and interest on water supply debt
  • Interest on general debt$331 thousand
  • Interest on water supply debt$24 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$1 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Spring Valley. 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 Spring Valley 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.