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Blue Hill's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Blue Hill took in $4.6 million and spent $4.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)67%City taxes22%Fines and other6.5%State tax money4.8%

What stands out

67%

of Blue Hill'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 taxes22%

Other taxes
9.8%$454 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$454 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
6.5%$300 thousand
Property tax
5.5%$256 thousand

Fees for services67%

Fees for services
67%$3.1 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 4 more
  • Other service charges$1.5 million
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Water$191 thousand
  • Sewer$151 thousand
  • Garbage collection$98 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$29 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money4.8%

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

From the state
4.8%$222 thousand

Fines and other6.5%

Interest, rents and other
6.5%$299 thousand

Where it goes

Parks, recreation and libraries66%Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Roads, transit and parking2.5%Running the government and other costs1.1%Interest on debt0.6%

What stands out

66%

of Blue Hill's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 2.2%.

Spending by category100%

Parks, recreation and libraries
66%$2.7 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$2.0 million
  • Libraries$683 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
29%$1.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$833 thousand
  • Water supply$144 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$130 thousand
  • Sewer systems$107 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.5%$105 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$105 thousand
Running the government and other costs
1.1%$47 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$24 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$19 thousand
  • Government buildings$4 thousand
Interest on debt
0.6%$26 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Blue Hill. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Blue Hill 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.