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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Brunswick took in $5.3 million and spent $4.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2022Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (liquor stores, sewer)87%Town taxes9.2%State tax money3.9%Fines and other<0.1%

What stands out

87%

of Brunswick'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%.

Town taxes9.2%

Sales tax
6.4%$338 thousand
Property tax
2.0%$107 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$46 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage taxes; occupation and business licenses and 1 more
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$30 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$15 thousand
  • Other licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services87%

Fees for services
87%$4.6 million
What's in fees for servicesLiquor stores; sewer and 2 more
  • Liquor stores$4.4 million
  • Sewer$80 thousand
  • Water$80 thousand
  • Garbage collection$45 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%$209 thousand

Fines and other<0.1%

Interest, rents and other
<0.1%$4 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities89%Running the government and other costs6.0%Police, fire, courts and jails2.0%Roads, transit and parking1.8%Health and hospitals0.6%All other spending0.4%

What stands out

89%

of Brunswick's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 32%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
89%$4.0 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesLiquor stores; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Liquor stores$3.8 million
  • Sewer systems$61 thousand
  • Water supply$61 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$44 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.0%$270 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and other and not broken out
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$205 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$65 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
2.0%$88 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$88 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
1.8%$81 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$81 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.6%$25 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$25 thousand
Sent to other local governments
0.3%$14 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$14 thousand
Interest on debt
<0.1%$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Brunswick. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of Town of Brunswick 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.