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Columbus City

Cities & villages · Columbia County · Wisconsin · population 5,117

$11,286,591revenue, 2024
$8,715,534spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$11,286,591 $8,715,534$2,571,057
2023$8,376,010 $8,705,133$-329,123

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $3,776,597
  • Other Financing Sources $3,220,000
  • State Shared Revenues $851,415
  • Public Charges for Services $825,443
  • Tax Increments $499,149
  • InLieu of Taxes $442,089
  • Other Revenues $429,849
  • State Highway Aids $394,051
  • Other Local Govt Aids $187,376
  • Interest Income $164,888

Where it went (2024)

  • Law Enforcement $1,342,287
  • General Government $1,009,138
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $841,611
  • Highway Construction $825,006
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $787,920
  • Conservation and Development $773,406
  • Parks and Recreation $738,330
  • Fire $488,755
  • Culture and Education $479,247
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $372,615
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $313,345
  • Health and Human Services $267,988

US Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State & Local Government Finances

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$18,356,000 $16,952,000$1,404,000
2018$16,519,000 $18,423,000$-1,904,000
2017$16,324,000 $18,159,000$-1,835,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Utility & liquor store revenue $9,086,000
  • Property tax $4,173,000
  • Charges for services $2,162,000
  • State aid $1,327,000
  • Other revenue $1,031,000
  • Aid from other local governments $369,000
  • Other taxes $208,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Electric utility $7,224,000
  • Sewer $1,303,000
  • Water utility $1,273,000
  • General / other $1,201,000
  • Police $1,129,000
  • Interest on debt $1,059,000
  • Highways & roads $816,000
  • Parks & recreation $559,000
  • Libraries $419,000
  • Financial administration $384,000
  • Central staff $372,000
  • Solid waste $352,000

Meetings, agendas & budget documents

This government's minutes, agendas and budget documents will appear here once its website has been added to our collection.

These are reported actuals, not adopted budgets. Census amounts are published in thousands of dollars and rounded to the nearest $1,000. Sources: Census government finances, Wisconsin DOR.