City government · Cottonwood County, MN

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Westbrook took in $3.0 million and spent $2.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, hospital bills)69%City taxes15%State tax money12%Fines and other3.6%Federal tax money0.4%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

69%

of Westbrook'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 taxes15%

Property tax
14%$429 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services69%

Fees for services
69%$2.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other service charges and 6 more
  • Electric power$993 thousand
  • Other service charges$380 thousand
  • Hospital bills$241 thousand
  • Water$235 thousand
  • Sewer$169 thousand
  • Road charges$22 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$15 thousand
  • Garbage collection$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.4%

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

From the federal government
0.4%$11 thousand

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$342 thousand

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$11 thousand

Fines and other3.6%

Interest, rents and other
3.5%$104 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$2 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities52%Running the government and other costs18%Police, fire, courts and jails9.1%Roads, transit and parking7.7%Health and hospitals7.0%All other spending6.2%

What stands out

7%

of Westbrook'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
52%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Sewer systems$327 thousand
  • Water supply$128 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$2 thousand
Running the government and other costs
18%$533 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$432 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$91 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$10 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.1%$267 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$162 thousand
  • Fire protection$105 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
7.7%$224 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$224 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.0%$204 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$204 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.1%$148 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$75 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$73 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$32 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Westbrook. 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 Westbrook 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.