Local Government Expenditures Local Government Expenditures On Water and Sewer Services and On Water and Sewer Services and

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Dan Coody, MayorDan Coody, MayorFayetteville, ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas

Longworth House Office BuildingLongworth House Office BuildingRoom 1116Room 1116

July 28, 2008July 28, 2008

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Mayors Water Council Mayors Water Council Combined Sewer and Water Supply ExpenditureCombined Sewer and Water Supply Expenditure

Combined Combined Sewer and Sewer and WaterWater

FY1992FY1992

($ Bill)($ Bill)FY2005FY2005

($ Bill)($ Bill)

Local Local GovernmentGovernment 45.645.6 82.082.0

State State GovernmentGovernment 1.11.1 1.41.4

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Mayors Water Council Mayors Water Council

Aggregate Local Government SpendingAggregate Local Government Spending

FY1992 through FY2005FY1992 through FY2005

SewerSewer $367.4 $367.4 BBillionillion

Water SupplyWater Supply $473.7 $473.7 BBillionillion

TotalTotal $841.1 $841.1 BBillionillion

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FY2005 FY2005 FY1992 FY1992

Spending Category Rank Expenditures Expenditures Rank

Education 1 497,426,812 238,274,926 1

Utility expenditure (non-Water) 2 88,873,652 50,563,145 2

Other and unallocable 3 64,770,687 28,881,909 7

Police protection 4 64,662,110 30,568,494 5

Hospitals 5 60,989,787 33,135,983 3

Highways 6 48,112,256 26,873,714 8

Interest on general debt 7 46,617,464 30,742,827 4

Water Utilities 8 45,636,724 24,624,754 9

Public welfare 9 44,712,587 29,245,128 6

Health 10 35,804,607 13,793,136 13

Sewerage 11 35,254,120 20,100,540 10

Housing and community development 12 35,037,331 15,853,612 11

Fire protection 13 30,738,976 14,751,172 12

Employee retirement 14 27,463,220 10,729,455 16

Parks and recreation 15 27,393,496 13,313,679 14

Correction 16 20,885,203 10,417,441 17

Other governmental administration 17 18,603,055 7,773,632 20

Judicial and legal 18 18,380,144 10,137,920 18

Solid waste management 19 18,082,266 11,073,252 15

Air transportation (airports) 20 17,031,470 7,312,444 21

Local Government Expenditure Categories, FY2005 and FY1992

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MajorDirect Expenditures

By Function

LocalGovernmentExpenditures

($ billions)

LocalGovernmentExpenditure

(%) RANK

Education 497,426 38.25 1

Utilities Expenditures (Non-Water) 88,873 6.83 2

Sewer and Water 80,890 6.22 3

Police Protection 64,662 4.97 4

Highways 48,112 3.70 5

Local Government Expenditure Categories, FY2005

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