2010-03-23_PWETC_AgendaPacket - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Table 3 Comparison of local sales tax cities to large cities without local sales tax - average percent share of total revenue, CY 2001 Mpls St.P Roch. Duluth St. Cld Mankto New Ulm Hermtn Proctor Two Hrbrs Nan-sales ta> area cities avg. Local "Own Source" Revenue 50.5% 40.9% 45.3% 35.4% 52.1% 48.8% 40.9% 61.6% 30.2% 23.1% 48.5% Local Sales Tax 7.3 3.9 9.3 11.8 1.3 9.5 4.4 20.7 3.2 4.5 0.0 Property Taxes 22.1 18.1 21.4 8.7 18.8 20.5 23.2 24.3 16.3 12.5 27.5 Tax Increments 11.4 5.4 4.9 8.2 6.2 3.6 5.1 5.8 5.8 3.6 8.6 Franchise Taxes 4.2 5.6 1.1 1.6 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 1.0 Hotel/Motel Taxes 0.5 0.8 2.2 2.2 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.1 0.4 0.2 Gravel,Gambling Taxe s 0.05 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.04 Special Assessments 1.7 4.7 3.4 2.2 18.6 11.8 6.0 7.7 2.0 0.1 7.9 Licenses, Permits 3.4 2.3 3.1 0.6 3.1 2.8 1.1 2.5 1.1 1.3 4.3 Intergovernmental Revenues 32.0% 35.8% 23.8% 44.0% 31.6% 37.6% 44.9% 27.3% 60.9% 52.7% 29.6% Federal Grants 5.5 4.0 3.2 5.8 11.6 2.1 0.1 0.3 2.1 0.0 2.1 State Grants 25.0 30.5 19.3 36.6 19.5 32.6 33.6 27.1 58.8 50.4 23.0 County Grants 0.1 0.4 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.2 1.0 Local Grants 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.4 2.9 11.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 Fees, Fines, and Interest Revenue 17.4% 23.4% 30.9% 20.6% 16.4% 13.6% 14.2% 11.1% 8.9% 24.2% 23.4% Fees, Service Chges 7.1 10.5 9.6 5.0 4.8 4.5 5.9 0.8 3.0 18.1 9.9 Fines and Forfeits 1.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.9 Interest Earnings 2.3 5.4 7.9 4.6 5.4 2.5 6.3 4.4 4.1 2.5 6.5 All Other Revenues 6.5 6.5 12.9 10.1 4.8 5.8 1.2 4.9 0.7 3.1 6.0 Table 4 Sales and Use Tax Base and Property Tax Base Per Capita of Selected Cities ( Local Sales Tax Cit ies in Bold)-Highest to Lowest Est. Sales Tax Base Property Tax Capacity City Per Capita, 2003 City Per Capita, 2003 Alexandria $44,564 Rochester $864 Grand Rapids 40,883 Minneapolis 813 Grand Marais 32,778 Grand Marais 777 Brainerd 32,475 St. Paul 766 Bemidji 28,034 Hermantown 735 Mankato 25,930 Alexandria 730 Rochester 21,343 Grand Rapids 724 Fergus Falls 20,612 St. Cloud Area* 723 Marshall 19,584 Mankato 596 St. Cloud Area* 16,753 Fergus Falls 558 Minneapolis 16,690 Int'I Falls 545 Willmar 16,500 Marshall 521 Hibbing 15,086 Faribault 517 Hermantown 14,681 Brainerd 499 Duluth 14,502 New Ulm 489 Worthington 13,386 Duluth 489 Int'I Falls 12,257 Albert Lea 482 Albert Lea 11,598 Two Harbors 479 New Ulm 11,062 Proctor 466 Faribault 11,049 Fairmont 445 St. Paul 10,741 Willmar 444 Two Harbors 10,579 Bemidji 427 Fairmont 10,388 Hibbing 413 Crookston 7,528 Worthington 380 Proctor 7,143 Crookston 245 Minnesota $16,137 Minnesota $823 *St. Cloud, St. Augusta, Sartell, Sauk Rapids For the cities shown, the estimated sales tax bases range from about 44 percent of the statewide average to nearly three times as much. By contrast, local property tax bases range from 30 to 105 percent of the statewide average, reflecting in part state policies designed to equalize local property tax capacity. 7