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Lake Mills's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2023), Lake Mills took in $23.5 million and spent $21.5 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2023Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

Fees for services (electric power, sewer)56%City taxes25%Fines and other9.5%State tax money6.8%County and local tax money2.3%Federal tax money0.1%

What stands out

56%

of Lake Mills' 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 taxes25%

Property tax
24%$5.7 million
Other taxes
1.1%$256 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses and occupation and business licenses
  • Other licenses$226 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$30 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services56%

Fees for services
56%$13.1 million
What's in fees for servicesElectric power; sewer and 6 more
  • Electric power$8.6 million
  • Sewer$1.9 million
  • Water$1.9 million
  • Garbage collection$494 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$184 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$41 thousand
  • Other service charges$37 thousand
  • Road charges$2 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money0.1%

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

From the federal government
0.1%$30 thousand

State tax money6.8%

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

From the state
6.8%$1.6 million

County and local tax money2.3%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
2.3%$549 thousand

Fines and other9.5%

Interest, rents and other
9.2%$2.2 million
Fines
0.3%$77 thousand

Where it goes

Water, sewer, trash and utilities57%Police, fire, courts and jails12%Roads, transit and parking12%Running the government and other costs8.0%Parks, recreation and libraries5.3%All other spending6.4%

What stands out

57%

of Lake Mills' 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
57%$12.2 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesElectric power; sewer systems and 2 more
  • Electric power$8.1 million
  • Sewer systems$2.0 million
  • Water supply$1.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$599 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
12%$2.6 million
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 2 more
  • Police$1.6 million
  • Fire protection$794 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$138 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$96 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
12%$2.5 million
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways and public transit
  • Roads and highways$2.4 million
  • Public transit$113 thousand
Running the government and other costs
8.0%$1.7 million
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$582 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$400 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$305 thousand
  • Government buildings$304 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$127 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
5.3%$1.1 million
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation and libraries
  • Parks and recreation$667 thousand
  • Libraries$472 thousand
Interest on debt
5.0%$1.1 million
Health and hospitals
1.4%$304 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$304 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Lake Mills. U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

What this covers. The money of City of Lake Mills 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.