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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended September 30, 2021), Weimar took in $7.2 million and spent $5.9 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, garbage collection)82%City taxes16%Fines and other1.6%

What stands out

82%

of Weimar'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 taxes16%

Sales tax
8.4%$604 thousand
Property tax
7.0%$500 thousand
Other taxes
0.8%$56 thousand
What's in other taxesPublic utility taxes and alcoholic beverage licenses
  • Public utility taxes$54 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services82%

Fees for services
82%$5.9 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; garbage collection and 3 more
  • Electric power$4.0 million
  • Garbage collection$762 thousand
  • Sewer$562 thousand
  • Water$562 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$14 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Fines and other1.6%

Fines
1.0%$74 thousand
Interest, rents and other
0.6%$40 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities81%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Interest on debt1.0%Parks, recreation and libraries0.9%Running the government and other costs<0.1%

What stands out

81%

of Weimar'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
81%$4.8 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; garbage and solid waste and 2 more
  • Electric power$4.1 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$599 thousand
  • Water supply$68 thousand
  • Sewer systems$31 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$996 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice
  • Police$996 thousand
Interest on debt
1.0%$61 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.9%$52 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$52 thousand
Running the government and other costs
<0.1%$3 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsGovernment buildings
  • Government buildings$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Weimar. 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 Weimar 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.