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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Chetek took in $4.0 million and spent $4.1 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, garbage collection)36%City taxes32%State tax money15%Fines and other9.4%County and local tax money4.0%Federal tax money2.7%

What stands out

31%

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

City taxes32%

Property tax
31%$1.2 million
Other taxes
1.7%$69 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses and other licenses
  • Occupation and business licenses$43 thousand
  • Other licenses$26 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services36%

Fees for services
36%$1.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; garbage collection and 6 more
  • Sewer$543 thousand
  • Garbage collection$458 thousand
  • Water$378 thousand
  • Road charges$32 thousand
  • Airport$28 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$7 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
  • Parks, land and natural resources$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money2.7%

Grants from Washington, paid for by the federal taxes residents also pay.

From the federal government
2.7%$110 thousand

State tax money15%

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

From the state
15%$620 thousand

County and local tax money4.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
4.0%$160 thousand

Fines and other9.4%

Interest, rents and other
8.5%$343 thousand
Fines
0.9%$35 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities46%Roads, transit and parking19%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Running the government and other costs9.5%Parks, recreation and libraries6.8%All other spending1.9%

What stands out

10%

of Chetek's spending goes to running the government and other costs.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 22%.

Spending by category100%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
46%$1.9 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Garbage and solid waste$918 thousand
  • Sewer systems$602 thousand
  • Water supply$341 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
19%$774 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and airports
  • Roads and highways$719 thousand
  • Airports$55 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$700 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$552 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$84 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$49 thousand
  • Fire protection$15 thousand
Running the government and other costs
9.5%$389 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$214 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$118 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$25 thousand
  • Government buildings$21 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$11 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
6.8%$279 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$203 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$76 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$46 thousand
Health and hospitals
0.7%$30 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$30 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Chetek. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Chetek 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.