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Merrill City

Cities & villages · Lincoln County · Wisconsin · population 8,990

$27,543,104revenue, 2024
$23,590,243spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$27,543,104 $23,590,243$3,952,861
2023$18,484,953 $19,985,857$-1,500,904

Where the money came from (2024)

  • Other Financing Sources $7,749,000
  • General Property Taxes $5,849,296
  • State Shared Revenues $4,308,042
  • Tax Increments $2,559,191
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $1,985,435
  • State Highway Aids $1,030,323
  • Other Revenues $800,030
  • Public Charges for Services $603,410
  • Interest Income $597,717
  • Other Local Govt Aids $570,486

Where it went (2024)

  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $5,487,254
  • Law Enforcement $3,283,059
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $2,428,626
  • General Government $1,892,669
  • Fire $1,858,708
  • Parks and Recreation $1,661,947
  • Ambulance $1,243,499
  • Culture and Education $1,205,095
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $907,613
  • Highway Construction $802,545
  • Other Transportation $798,505
  • Conservation and Development $554,086

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$21,028,000 $22,933,000$-1,905,000
2018$18,274,000 $23,912,000$-5,638,000
2017$19,649,000 $22,553,000$-2,904,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Property tax $6,989,000
  • State aid $5,000,000
  • Aid from other local governments $2,355,000
  • Charges for services $2,209,000
  • Utility & liquor store revenue $1,574,000
  • Other revenue $1,360,000
  • Federal aid $1,239,000
  • Other taxes $302,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Highways & roads $3,420,000
  • Police $3,107,000
  • General / other $2,228,000
  • Fire protection $1,911,000
  • Water utility $1,872,000
  • Sewer $1,853,000
  • Parks & recreation $1,424,000
  • Transit $1,355,000
  • Health $1,120,000
  • Libraries $1,098,000
  • Interest on debt $825,000
  • Solid waste $783,000

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.