Village government · Dane County, WI

Cottage Grove's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Cottage Grove took in $15.0 million and spent $14.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Village taxes49%Fees for services (sewer, water)30%Fines and other14%State tax money6.3%County and local tax money0.2%

What stands out

45%

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

Village taxes49%

Property tax
45%$6.8 million
Other taxes
3.7%$556 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$501 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$55 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services30%

Fees for services
30%$4.5 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; water and 4 more
  • Sewer$2.2 million
  • Water$1.4 million
  • Parks and recreation$599 thousand
  • Other service charges$236 thousand
  • Garbage collection$123 thousand
  • Road charges$8 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money6.3%

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

From the state
6.3%$944 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%$28 thousand

Fines and other14%

Interest, rents and other
14%$2.1 million
Fines
0.3%$38 thousand

Where it goes

Running the government and other costs26%Water, sewer, trash and utilities24%Police, fire, courts and jails17%Roads, transit and parking10%Parks, recreation and libraries10%All other spending13%

What stands out

10%

of Cottage Grove's spending goes to interest on debt.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people spends 1.1%.

Spending by category100%

Running the government and other costs
26%$3.8 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$3.1 million
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$411 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$246 thousand
  • Government buildings$35 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
24%$3.4 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems; water supply and 1 more
  • Sewer systems$1.8 million
  • Water supply$1.3 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$365 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
17%$2.4 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Police$1.8 million
  • Inspections and regulation$423 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$152 thousand
  • Fire protection$70 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
10%$1.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$1.5 million
Parks, recreation and libraries
10%$1.4 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$1.4 million
Interest on debt
9.9%$1.4 million
Health and hospitals
2.7%$385 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$385 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Village of Cottage Grove. 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 Village of Cottage Grove 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.