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Powers Lake's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Powers Lake took in $902 thousand and spent $935 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

State tax money48%Fees for services (water, garbage collection)33%City taxes12%Fines and other5.9%

What stands out

48%

of Powers Lake's money comes from state tax money.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 10%.

City taxes12%

Sales tax
8.2%$74 thousand
Property tax
3.9%$35 thousand
Other taxes
0.2%$2 thousand
What's in other taxesAlcoholic beverage licenses
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services33%

Fees for services
33%$301 thousand
What's in fees for servicesWater; garbage collection and 2 more
  • Water$196 thousand
  • Garbage collection$77 thousand
  • Sewer$27 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money48%

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

From the state
48%$437 thousand

Fines and other5.9%

Interest, rents and other
5.9%$53 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs38%Water, sewer, trash and utilities35%Police, fire, courts and jails22%Roads, transit and parking5.3%

What stands out

38%

of Powers Lake's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
38%$354 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); government buildings and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$159 thousand
  • Government buildings$80 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$79 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$36 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
35%$325 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; garbage and solid waste and 1 more
  • Water supply$230 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$79 thousand
  • Sewer systems$16 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
22%$206 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$206 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
5.3%$50 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$50 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Powers Lake. 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 City of Powers Lake 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.