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

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Verona took in $1.9 million and spent $1.7 million.

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

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Where it comes from

Town taxes71%State tax money16%Fees for services (garbage collection, road charges)11%Fines and other1.2%County and local tax money0.5%

What stands out

11%

of Verona'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 taxes71%

Property tax
63%$1.2 million
Other taxes
7.3%$137 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; other taxes not classified elsewhere and 1 more
  • Other licenses$114 thousand
  • Other taxes not classified elsewhere$22 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$1 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services11%

Fees for services
11%$214 thousand
What's in fees for servicesGarbage collection; other service charges and 1 more
  • Garbage collection$118 thousand
  • Other service charges$84 thousand
  • Road charges$12 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money16%

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

From the state
16%$306 thousand

County and local tax money0.5%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.5%$9 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
0.8%$15 thousand
Fines
0.4%$8 thousand

Where it goes

Roads, transit and parking41%Running the government and other costs26%Police, fire, courts and jails21%Water, sewer, trash and utilities6.8%Health and hospitals5.2%All other spending0.5%

What stands out

21%

of Verona's spending goes to police, fire, courts and jails.A typical U.S. township or town of under 10,000 people spends 6.7%.

Spending by category100%

Roads, transit and parking
41%$702 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$702 thousand
Running the government and other costs
26%$442 thousand
What's in running the government and other costsCentral staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology); other and not broken out and 2 more
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$152 thousand
  • Other and not broken out$126 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$106 thousand
  • Government buildings$58 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
21%$360 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsFire protection; inspections and regulation and 2 more
  • Fire protection$226 thousand
  • Inspections and regulation$86 thousand
  • Police$42 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$6 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
6.8%$117 thousand
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesGarbage and solid waste
  • Garbage and solid waste$117 thousand
Health and hospitals
5.2%$89 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$89 thousand
Environment and natural resources
0.3%$6 thousand
What's in environment and natural resourcesNatural resources, farming and conservation
  • Natural resources, farming and conservation$6 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
0.2%$3 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesParks and recreation
  • Parks and recreation$3 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

Town of Verona. 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 Verona 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.