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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Lamartine took in $970 thousand and spent $754 thousand.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes55%State tax money22%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)13%Federal tax money9.5%Fines and other0.4%

What stands out

13%

of Lamartine's money comes from fees for services such as water, sewer and parking.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people get none.

Town taxes55%

Property tax
53%$516 thousand
Other taxes
2.3%$22 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 1 more
  • Other licenses$15 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$6 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services13%

Fees for services
13%$126 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; road charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$117 thousand
  • Road charges$5 thousand
  • Other service charges$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

Federal tax money9.5%

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

From the federal government
9.5%$92 thousand

State tax money22%

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

From the state
22%$210 thousand

Fines and other0.4%

Interest, rents and other
0.3%$3 thousand
Fines
0.1%$1 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking48%Running the government and other costs20%Water, sewer, trash and utilities15%Police, fire, courts and jails9.3%Health and hospitals7.3%Interest on debt1.1%

What stands out

15%

of Lamartine's spending goes to water, sewer, trash and other utilities.Most U.S. townships and towns of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
48%$361 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$361 thousand
Running the government and other costs
20%$150 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); finance, tax collection and budgeting and 3 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$83 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$29 thousand
  • Government buildings$21 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$13 thousand
  • Other government-run businesses$4 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
15%$110 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$110 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
9.3%$70 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection and courts and legal services
  • Fire protection$62 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$8 thousand
Health and hospitals
7.3%$55 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$55 thousand
Interest on debt
1.1%$8 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Lamartine. 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 Town of Lamartine 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.