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Cottage Grove Town

Towns & townships · Dane County · Wisconsin · population 3,989

$4,330,133revenue, 2024
$4,492,009spending, 2024

Wisconsin DOR, County & Municipal Revenues and Expenditures

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2024$4,330,133 $4,492,009$-161,876
2023$4,233,551 $3,516,548$717,003

Where the money came from (2024)

  • General Property Taxes $1,559,381
  • Intergovernmental Charges for Services $820,363
  • Other Financing Sources $467,336
  • Public Charges for Services $321,784
  • State Highway Aids $221,850
  • State Shared Revenues $193,284
  • Interest Income $171,796
  • Federal Aids $128,064
  • Fines, Forfeits and Penalties $111,719
  • Licenses and Permits $90,588

Where it went (2024)

  • Fire $959,467
  • Highway Maintainence and Administration $831,966
  • Highway Construction $659,809
  • Law Enforcement $570,155
  • General Government $393,868
  • Solid Waste Collection and Disposal $325,843
  • Ambulance $307,522
  • Debt Service - Principal Interest $215,620
  • Other Public Safety $153,033
  • Debt Service - Fiscal Changes $39,997
  • Conservation and Development $20,128
  • Health and Human Services $7,190

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

YearRevenueSpendingDifference
2022$2,841,000 $2,675,000$166,000
2017$2,424,000 $2,309,000$115,000

Where the money came from (2022)

  • Property tax $1,583,000
  • State aid $441,000
  • Charges for services $264,000
  • Aid from other local governments $261,000
  • Other taxes $149,000
  • Other revenue $114,000
  • Federal aid $29,000

Where it went (2022)

  • Highways & roads $952,000
  • Police $423,000
  • Solid waste $331,000
  • Health $219,000
  • Fire protection $178,000
  • Financial administration $127,000
  • Central staff $106,000
  • General / other $100,000
  • Courts $90,000
  • Public buildings $61,000
  • Protective inspection $49,000
  • Interest on debt $23,000

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.