Town government · Sullivan County, NY

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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Liberty took in $8.9 million and spent $7.6 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes63%Fees for services (water, sewer)22%State tax money9.3%Fines and other5.3%Federal tax money0.2%

What stands out

22%

of Liberty's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes63%

Property tax
58%$5.2 million
Other taxes
5.1%$454 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 1 more
  • Other licenses$291 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$91 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$72 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services22%

Fees for services
22%$1.9 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 2 more
  • Water$872 thousand
  • Sewer$859 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$153 thousand
  • Other service charges$60 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.2%

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

From the federal government
0.2%$21 thousand

State tax money9.3%

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

From the state
9.3%$835 thousand

Fines and other5.3%

Fines
2.8%$252 thousand
Interest, rents and other
2.5%$223 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking34%Running the government and other costs32%Water, sewer, trash and utilities17%Police, fire, courts and jails7.4%Parks, recreation and libraries6.3%All other spending2.7%

What stands out

17%

of Liberty's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
34%$2.6 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$2.6 million
Running the government and other costs
32%$2.5 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$1.9 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$268 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$150 thousand
  • Government buildings$134 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
17%$1.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and water supply
  • Sewer systems$664 thousand
  • Water supply$607 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.4%$562 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsCourts and legal services; inspections and regulation and 1 more
  • Courts and legal services$333 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$222 thousand
  • Police$7 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.3%$474 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$474 thousand
Interest on debt
1.9%$147 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$49 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$49 thousand
Sent to other local governments
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$6 thousand
Housing and community development
<0.1%$2 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Liberty. 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 Liberty 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.