(Spirit Lake)– A report on the annual state audit of Dickinson county finances was released today (Friday) by State Auditor David Vaudt.
It shows the county had local tax revenue of 28.5 million dollars for the year ended June 30th, 2004, which included 706-thousand dollars in tax credits from the state. The county forwarded 23.7 million dollars of the local tax revenue to townships, school districts, cities and other taxing bodies in the county.
The county retained 4.8 million of the local tax revenue to finance county operations. Other revenues included charges for service of 1.1 million; operating grants, contributions and restricted interest amounted to slightly more than 41-thousand dollars; local option sales tax amounted to slightly more than 916-thousand dollars; the county’s share of the lodging tax was 63,800-dollars; unrestricted investment earnings totalled 270-thousand dollars; and other general revenues amounted to 116,800-dollars.
Expenses totalled 7.8 million dollars. Of that, 1.68 million was for roads and transportation; 1.6 million was for public safety and legal services and 1.27 million for mental health.
A copy of the report is available for review at the Dickinson County Auditor’s Office.
