Township government · Morris County, NJ

Morris Township's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Morris Township took in $50.0 million and spent $32.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Township taxes61%Fees for services (sewer, parks and recreation)38%Fines and other1.0%

What stands out

38%

of Morris Township's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people gets 8.8%.

Township taxes61%

Property tax
56%$27.9 million
Other taxes
4.8%$2.4 million
What's in other taxesOther licenses; public utility taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$2.0 million
  • Public utility taxes$345 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$23 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services38%

Fees for services
38%$19.3 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; other service charges and 2 more
  • Sewer$10.4 million
  • Other service charges$7.8 million
  • Parks and recreation$669 thousand
  • Parking$332 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Fines and other1.0%

Interest, rents and other
0.6%$320 thousand
Fines
0.3%$161 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities29%Police, fire, courts and jails25%Running the government and other costs22%Parks, recreation and libraries11%Roads, transit and parking9.0%All other spending3.5%

What stands out

29%

of Morris Township's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. township or town of 10,000 to 50,000 people spends 4.5%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
29%$9.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$7.9 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$1.7 million
Police, fire, courts and jails
25%$8.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$4.9 million
  • Fire protection$2.4 million
  • Courts and legal services$928 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$112 thousand
Running the government and other costs
22%$7.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$5.7 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$728 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$645 thousand
  • Government buildings$114 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
11%$3.5 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$1.9 million
  • Parks and recreation$1.6 million
Roads, transit and parking
9.0%$3.0 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and parking
  • Roads and highways$2.7 million
  • Parking$230 thousand
Interest on debt
2.4%$800 thousand
Health and hospitals
1.0%$329 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$329 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Morris Township. 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 Morris Township 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.