City Clerk Jim Shelenske has posted the updated 2012 city budget on the city’s website. Check it out here.
I wanted to call your attention to a couple interesting charts at the front of the document, one which shows where we spend our money as a city and the second answering where your tax dollars go.
- To the city budget breakdown, you’ll note that by far our biggest expense is public safety, as it should be, at 38%. That’s followed by debt service (23%), public works (18%) and general government (14%).
- As to where you overall property tax bill goes, 43% goes to the South Milwaukee School District, 32% to the city and 17% to the county. The Milwaukee Area Technical College gets 7%, and the state portion of your tax bill is just 1%.
Check out my previous post on the budget here.
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