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Milton Freewater's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2024), Milton Freewater took in $16.4 million and spent $15.7 million.

Latest recorded year: ended June 30, 2024Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)79%City taxes19%State tax money0.7%Fines and other0.6%

What stands out

79%

of Milton Freewater'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%.

City taxes19%

Other taxes
11%$1.8 million
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes; motor fuel taxes and 3 more
  • Public utility taxes$1.2 million
  • Motor fuel taxes$524 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$11 thousand
  • Other licenses$4 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Property tax
8.4%$1.4 million

Fees for services79%

Fees for services
79%$13.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 4 more
  • Electric power$8.4 million
  • Water$1.7 million
  • Garbage collection$1.4 million
  • Sewer$1.3 million
  • Parks and recreation$292 thousand
  • Transit fares$3 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money0.7%

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

From the state
0.7%$123 thousand

Fines and other0.6%

Interest, rents and other
0.4%$73 thousand
Fines
0.2%$27 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities80%Police, fire, courts and jails9.8%Running the government and other costs6.3%Parks, recreation and libraries3.2%Roads, transit and parking0.5%

What stands out

80%

of Milton Freewater'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
80%$12.6 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; water supply and 2 more
  • Electric power$11.3 million
  • Water supply$888 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$272 thousand
  • Sewer systems$207 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.8%$1.5 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$1.3 million
  • Fire protection$169 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$52 thousand
Running the government and other costs
6.3%$988 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$408 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$407 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$99 thousand
  • Government buildings$74 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
3.2%$496 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$269 thousand
  • Libraries$227 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
0.5%$71 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingPublic transit
  • Public transit$71 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Milton Freewater. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

What this covers. The money of City of Milton Freewater 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.