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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Fennimore took in $6.6 million and spent $7.2 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)65%State tax money17%City taxes12%Fines and other5.2%County and local tax money1.0%

What stands out

65%

of Fennimore'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 taxes12%

Property tax
11%$729 thousand
Other taxes
0.6%$40 thousand
What's in other taxesOccupation and business licenses; other licenses and 1 more
  • Occupation and business licenses$20 thousand
  • Other licenses$16 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services65%

Fees for services
65%$4.3 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 6 more
  • Electric power$2.6 million
  • Sewer$915 thousand
  • Water$556 thousand
  • Garbage collection$134 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$27 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$10 thousand
  • Road charges$3 thousand
  • Other service charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money<0.1%

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

From the federal government
<0.1%$2 thousand

State tax money17%

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

From the state
17%$1.1 million

County and local tax money1.0%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.0%$66 thousand

Fines and other5.2%

Interest, rents and other
5.0%$326 thousand
Fines
0.3%$17 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities59%Roads, transit and parking11%Police, fire, courts and jails11%Interest on debt10%Parks, recreation and libraries4.7%All other spending4.1%

What stands out

10%

of Fennimore'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%

Water, sewer, trash and utilities
59%$4.3 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$2.7 million
  • Sewer systems$989 thousand
  • Water supply$433 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$185 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
11%$795 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$795 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
11%$777 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$642 thousand
  • Fire protection$117 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$10 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$8 thousand
Interest on debt
10%$723 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
4.7%$340 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$185 thousand
  • Libraries$155 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.0%$289 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology) and 3 more
  • Other and not broken out$114 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$68 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$54 thousand
  • Government buildings$29 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$24 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$4 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$4 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Fennimore. 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 Fennimore 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.