Town government · Greene County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Catskill took in $6.9 million and spent $6.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes65%Fees for services (sewer)22%State tax money6.7%Fines and other4.9%Federal tax money1.0%

What stands out

22%

of Catskill'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%.

Town taxes65%

Property tax
58%$4.0 million
Other taxes
6.9%$481 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 1 more
  • Other licenses$295 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$126 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$60 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; other government-run businesses and 1 more
  • Other service charges$1.4 million
  • Other government-run businesses$85 thousand
  • Sewer$54 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money1.0%

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

From the federal government
1.0%$68 thousand

State tax money6.7%

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

From the state
6.7%$467 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Fines
3.6%$252 thousand
Interest, rents and other
1.3%$90 thousand

Where it goes

Health and hospitals30%Roads, transit and parking28%Running the government and other costs22%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.6%All other spending1.5%

What stands out

30%

of Catskill's spending goes to health services and hospitals.Most U.S. townships and towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Health and hospitals
30%$1.9 million
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$1.9 million
Roads, transit and parking
28%$1.7 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.7 million
Running the government and other costs
22%$1.4 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$804 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$283 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$173 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$131 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$743 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 1 more
  • Fire protection$333 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$232 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$178 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.6%$410 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$408 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$2 thousand
Interest on debt
0.8%$49 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.7%$43 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$43 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Catskill. 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 Town of Catskill 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.