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WEST DES MOINES CITY finances

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WEST DES MOINES CITY

City or town in Iowa (Polk County area). Fiscal year 2022 (year ends 06/30); population 69,057.

Other years: 2024 · 2022

Summary

WhatAmountCensus item codes
Taxes$108.3 millionT
Charges and fees$49.8 millionA
Other general revenue$19.4 millionU
From the federal government$8.3 millionB
From the state government$16.8 millionC
From local governments$4.2 millionD
Spending: current operations$107.7 millionE
Spending: construction$9.9 millionF
Spending: other capital outlay$0G
Spending: interest on debt$8.7 millionI
Spending: assistance and subsidies$0J
Payments to other governments$11.8 millionL M Q S
General revenue$206.8 millionT A U B C D
Direct spending$126.2 millionE F G I J
Debt at year end$268.6 million49U + 64V

Spending by function

Function (Census name)Current operations + construction + capital
General NEC$23.0 million
Sewerage$15.4 million
Police Protection$14.4 million
Water Utilities$12.9 million
Local Fire Protection$11.3 million
Regular Highways$9.5 million
Parks & Rec$7.9 million
Health$7.5 million
Libraries$3.8 million
Central Staff$2.7 million
Solid Waste Mgt$2.5 million
Financial Adm$1.5 million
Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.5 million
Protective Inspection$1.3 million
Welfare NEC$1.1 million
Judicial$802,000
General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$265,000
Natural Resources NEC$33,000
Misc Comm Act$25,000

Every item reported

CodeCensus descriptionAmount
19UBeg LT Debt O/S NEC$238.3 million
29ULTD ISS-Unsp-Other NEC$39.4 million
39ULTD Ret-Unsp-Other NEC$32.2 million
49ULTD Debt O/S-Unsp-Other NEC$245.5 million
61VShort Term Debt O/S-Beginning$136,000
64VShort Term Debt O/S-End of FY$23.0 million
A03Misc Comrcial Act NEC Charges$27,000
A44Regular Highway Charges$185,000
A50Housing & Comm Dev Charges$1.5 million
A61Parks & Recreation Charges$3.6 million
A80Sewerage Charges$17.5 million
A81Solid Waste Charges$2.4 million
A89All Other NEC Charges$5.3 million
A91Water Utilities Revenue$19.3 million
B89Federal IG Other$8.3 million
C89State IG Other$16.8 million
D89Local IG Other$4.2 million
E03Misc Comm Act-Current Oper$25,000
E23Financial Adm-Curr Operation$1.5 million
E24Local Fire Protection Curr Operation$11.3 million
E25Judicial-Current Operation$802,000
E29Central Staff-Curr Operation$2.7 million
E31General Public Bldg-Curr Oper$265,000
E32Health-Current Operation$7.5 million
E44Regular Highways-Current Oper$9.5 million
E50Housing & Comm Dev-Curr Oper$1.5 million
E52Libraries-Current Operation$3.8 million
E59Natural Resources NEC-Cur Op$33,000
E61Parks & Rec-Current Operation$7.9 million
E62Police Protection-Current Oper$14.4 million
E66Protective Inspection-Curr Op$1.3 million
E79Welfare NEC-Current Operation$1.1 million
E80Sewerage-Current Operation$9.1 million
E81Solid Waste Mgt - Current Oper$2.5 million
E89General NEC-Current Operation$20.3 million
E91Water Utilities-Current Oper$12.0 million
F80Sewerage-Construction$6.3 million
F89General NEC-Construction$2.7 million
F91Water Utilities-Construction$864,000
I89General Interest on Debt$8.5 million
I91Water Utilities-Interest$148,000
L89General NEC-IG to State$4.6 million
M89General NEC-IG-Local NEC$7.2 million
T01Property Tax$84.3 million
T09Total General Sales Taxes$14.3 million
T15Public Utilities Tax$1.9 million
T19Other Selective Sales Taxes$4.7 million
T29Other License Tax$3.1 million
U01Special Assessments$109,000
U11Sale of Property 2/$768,000
U20Interest Earnings$1.1 million
U30Fines & Forfeits$281,000
U40Rents$73,000
U99Misc General Revenue NEC$17.1 million

Source: State and local government finances 2022, Census of Governments: every local government (U.S. Census Bureau) (U.S. Census Bureau). Collected Nov 14, 2026 11:48 PM CST. Amounts as published (thousands of dollars in the file; shown in dollars). Group totals are sums of item codes by letter. Item code list: Census technical documentation. Government ID 192153204484.