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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Sardinia took in $2.7 million and spent $2.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (garbage collection, parks and recreation)63%County and local tax money25%Town taxes5.0%State tax money3.9%Fines and other3.3%

What stands out

63%

of Sardinia'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 taxes5.0%

Other taxes
4.2%$115 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and public utility taxes
  • Other licenses$98 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$17 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
0.8%$21 thousand

Fees for services63%

Fees for services
63%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; parks and recreation and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$1.7 million
  • Parks and recreation$12 thousand
  • Other service charges$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money3.9%

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

From the state
3.9%$107 thousand

County and local tax money25%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
25%$673 thousand

Fines and other3.3%

Interest, rents and other
1.7%$46 thousand
Fines
1.6%$45 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking29%Parks, recreation and libraries27%Running the government and other costs27%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Health and hospitals0.2%

What stands out

27%

of Sardinia's spending goes to parks, recreation and libraries.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
29%$768 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$768 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
27%$721 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$721 thousand
Running the government and other costs
27%$709 thousand
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$429 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$100 thousand
  • Government buildings$98 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$82 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$451 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; courts and legal services and 2 more
  • Fire protection$337 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$85 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$27 thousand
  • Police$2 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.2%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Sardinia. 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 Sardinia 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.