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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Galesville took in $6.8 million and spent $6.3 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (sewer, water)66%City taxes14%State tax money9.4%Fines and other4.9%Federal tax money4.4%County and local tax money1.2%

What stands out

66%

of Galesville'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 taxes14%

Property tax
14%$951 thousand
Other taxes
0.1%$10 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$6 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services66%

Fees for services
66%$4.5 million
What's in fees for servicesOther service charges; sewer and 4 more
  • Other service charges$3.4 million
  • Sewer$514 thousand
  • Water$382 thousand
  • Housing$136 thousand
  • Road charges$1 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money4.4%

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

From the federal government
4.4%$297 thousand

State tax money9.4%

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

From the state
9.4%$638 thousand

County and local tax money1.2%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
1.2%$84 thousand

Fines and other4.9%

Interest, rents and other
4.8%$328 thousand
Fines
<0.1%$5 thousand

Where it goes

Social services57%Water, sewer, trash and utilities11%Police, fire, courts and jails7.9%Parks, recreation and libraries7.0%Interest on debt5.6%All other spending12%

What stands out

57%

of Galesville's spending goes to social services.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Social services
57%$3.6 million
What's in social servicesWelfare institutions
  • Welfare institutions$3.6 million
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
11%$688 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesWater supply; sewer systems and 1 more
  • Water supply$331 thousand
  • Sewer systems$329 thousand
  • Garbage and solid waste$28 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
7.9%$495 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$420 thousand
  • Fire protection$61 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$13 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$1 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
7.0%$439 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$270 thousand
  • Libraries$169 thousand
Interest on debt
5.6%$355 thousand
Running the government and other costs
4.8%$299 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)$99 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$98 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$78 thousand
  • Government buildings$12 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$12 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
4.1%$259 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$259 thousand
Housing and community development
2.4%$151 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.1%$9 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$9 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$6 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$6 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Galesville. 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 Galesville 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.