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Belle Meade's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended June 30, 2022), Belle Meade took in $6.5 million and spent $5.4 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes66%State tax money12%Fees for services (sewer)11%Fines and other11%

What stands out

52%

of Belle Meade's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes66%

Property tax
52%$3.3 million
Other taxes
9.4%$604 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; alcoholic beverage taxes and 1 more
  • Other licenses$509 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage taxes$60 thousand
  • Public utility taxes$35 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Sales tax
5.1%$331 thousand

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$731 thousand
What's in fees for servicesSewer and other service charges
  • Sewer$662 thousand
  • Other service charges$69 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money12%

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

From the state
12%$750 thousand

Fines and other11%

Interest, rents and other
7.2%$462 thousand
Fines
3.8%$245 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails41%Roads, transit and parking21%Running the government and other costs21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities18%

What stands out

41%

of Belle Meade's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 11%.

Spending by category100%

Police, fire, courts and jails
41%$2.2 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and inspections and regulation
  • Police$2.1 million
  • Inspections and regulation$134 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
21%$1.1 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.1 million
Running the government and other costs
21%$1.1 million
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 1 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$833 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$194 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$93 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
18%$958 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$485 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$473 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Belle Meade. 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 City of Belle Meade 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.