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Meadows Place's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Meadows Place took in $8.1 million and spent $7.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

City taxes62%Fees for services (water, sewer)21%State tax money8.2%Fines and other8.0%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

18%

of Meadows Place's money comes from sales tax.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people get none.

City taxes62%

Property tax
39%$3.2 million
Sales tax
18%$1.5 million
Other taxes
5.0%$405 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and occupation and business licenses
  • Public utility taxes$264 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$141 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services21%

Fees for services
21%$1.7 million
What's in fees for servicesWater; sewer and 3 more
  • Water$731 thousand
  • Sewer$595 thousand
  • Garbage collection$336 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$60 thousand
  • Other service charges$5 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money8.2%

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

From the state
8.2%$667 thousand

County and local tax money0.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.2%$18 thousand

Fines and other8.0%

Fines
5.4%$435 thousand
Interest, rents and other
2.6%$210 thousand

Where it goes

Police, fire, courts and jails30%Running the government and other costs28%Water, sewer, trash and utilities22%Parks, recreation and libraries10%Roads, transit and parking9.6%All other spending0.8%

What stands out

30%

of Meadows Place'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
30%$2.3 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.7 million
  • Fire protection$289 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$212 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$40 thousand
Running the government and other costs
28%$2.2 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; finance, tax collection and budgeting and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.3 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$672 thousand
  • Government buildings$201 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$36 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
22%$1.7 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$858 thousand
  • Sewer systems$491 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$309 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$785 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$785 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
9.6%$740 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$740 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.5%$39 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$39 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.3%$23 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$23 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Meadows Place. 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 Meadows Place 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.