City government · Franklin County, NE

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Franklin took in $5.0 million and spent $3.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)73%City taxes15%Fines and other7.1%State tax money5.2%

What stands out

73%

of Franklin'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%

Other taxes
9.5%$470 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$470 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
3.2%$157 thousand
Sales tax
2.4%$120 thousand

Fees for services73%

Fees for services
73%$3.6 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; electric power and 4 more
  • Other service charges$1.6 million
  • Electric power$1.5 million
  • Water$283 thousand
  • Sewer$135 thousand
  • Garbage collection$118 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$34 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.2%

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

From the state
5.2%$258 thousand

Fines and other7.1%

Interest, rents and other
7.1%$352 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities46%Housing and community development21%Roads, transit and parking9.6%Running the government and other costs9.3%Parks, recreation and libraries7.5%All other spending7.2%

What stands out

21%

of Franklin'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
46%$1.5 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$1.1 million
  • Water supply$194 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$166 thousand
  • Sewer systems$81 thousand
Housing and community development
21%$694 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.6%$323 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$323 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.3%$311 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$133 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$102 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$56 thousand
  • Government buildings$20 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.5%$252 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$189 thousand
  • Libraries$63 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
6.2%$207 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$126 thousand
  • Fire protection$81 thousand
Social services
0.5%$17 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$17 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.4%$12 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$12 thousand
Interest on debt
0.2%$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Franklin. 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 Franklin 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.