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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Bellville took in $11.6 million and spent $11.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended September 30, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, water)80%City taxes14%County and local tax money4.5%Fines and other0.7%State tax money<0.1%

What stands out

80%

of Bellville'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 taxes14%

Property tax
8.4%$976 thousand
Sales tax
5.1%$590 thousand
Other taxes
0.9%$105 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other taxes not classified elsewhere
  • Occupation and business licenses$96 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$9 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services80%

Fees for services
80%$9.4 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; water and 4 more
  • Electric power$5.7 million
  • Water$1.5 million
  • Garbage collection$881 thousand
  • Sewer$788 thousand
  • Gas$489 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$16 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money<0.1%

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

From the state
<0.1%$9 thousand

County and local tax money4.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.5%$523 thousand

Fines and other0.7%

Interest, rents and other
0.5%$54 thousand
Fines
0.2%$22 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities62%Police, fire, courts and jails16%Running the government and other costs13%Parks, recreation and libraries6.5%Roads, transit and parking2.4%Interest on debt1.0%

What stands out

62%

of Bellville'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
62%$6.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; garbage and solid waste and 3 more
  • Electric power$4.5 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$802 thousand
  • Water supply$521 thousand
  • Gas supply$498 thousand
  • Sewer systems$474 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
16%$1.7 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice and courts and legal services
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Courts and legal services$87 thousand
Running the government and other costs
13%$1.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsFinance, tax collection and budgeting and other and not broken out
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$1.3 million
  • Other and not broken out$91 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.5%$710 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$411 thousand
  • Libraries$299 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.4%$264 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$264 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$112 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Bellville. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended September 30, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Bellville 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.