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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Sargent took in $3.7 million and spent $2.6 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 taxes13%State tax money10%Fines and other4.6%

What stands out

73%

of Sargent'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 taxes13%

Other taxes
6.8%$251 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses
  • Other licenses$251 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
2.9%$108 thousand
Sales tax
2.8%$105 thousand

Fees for services73%

Fees for services
73%$2.7 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; other service charges and 5 more
  • Electric power$1.2 million
  • Other service charges$840 thousand
  • Water$225 thousand
  • Sewer$217 thousand
  • Airport$108 thousand
  • Garbage collection$75 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$22 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money10%

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

From the state
10%$380 thousand

Fines and other4.6%

Interest, rents and other
4.6%$169 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities51%Roads, transit and parking29%Parks, recreation and libraries5.1%Housing and community development4.8%Running the government and other costs4.0%All other spending5.4%

What stands out

29%

of Sargent's spending goes to roads, transit and parking.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 10%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
51%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$950 thousand
  • Water supply$162 thousand
  • Sewer systems$130 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$100 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
29%$765 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingAirports and roads and highways
  • Airports$515 thousand
  • Roads and highways$250 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.1%$132 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$99 thousand
  • Libraries$33 thousand
Housing and community development
4.8%$125 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$103 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)$54 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$41 thousand
  • Government buildings$8 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
3.8%$100 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and fire protection
  • Police$61 thousand
  • Fire protection$39 thousand
Interest on debt
1.2%$32 thousand
Social services
0.2%$5 thousand
What's in social servicesOther public welfare
  • Other public welfare$5 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.1%$3 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Sargent. 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 Sargent 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.