Electric utility
#1 Spend2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$348,000
Funds the public electric utility’s operations, infrastructure and debt interest when published.
Warning
City spending dashboard
Published Census recordsNemaha · KS
Centralia City, KS: government spending
Municipal government · survey 2024 · published finance observations
Published spending subtotal$1,181,000
Source coverage32 entries9 spending categories · individual-government records
DATAU.S. Census Bureau · survey 2024
Published revenue subtotal
$1,146,000
Money received · excludes borrowing
Entries needing verification
2
2 estimates · source checks, not fraud findings
Reported entries
30
Source flag R · other entries retain their original flags
Read this as a published-record subtotal. Subtotals combine only applicable entries published for this government and survey. Estimates and unknown classifications remain included and labeled. Missing entries are unknown, not zero; these records do not establish a complete city total, adopted budget or payment ledger.
Spending by public service
Survey 2024 · includes estimates where flaggedStable = reported source entries. Warning = estimates, corrections, unknown classifications or alternative sources needing verification. Not applicable entries are excluded. These are source checks, not findings of fraud or service quality.
Other general spending
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$344,000
Groups general spending that the source does not allocate to a more specific service. Underlying accounts are needed to identify each program.
Stable
Roads & bridges
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$159,000
Funds roads, bridges and associated construction, maintenance and administration.
Stable
Water utility
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$119,000
Funds public water supply, treatment, distribution and utility infrastructure.
Warning
Parks & recreation
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$93,000
Funds parks, recreation facilities, maintenance and public recreation services.
Stable
Government administration
2 source items · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$40,000
Funds general government administration, public buildings and related support functions.
Stable
Solid waste
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$36,000
Funds waste collection, disposal and related facilities or services.
Stable
Finance & tax administration
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$29,000
Funds tax administration, treasury, accounting, budgeting and other financial management.
Stable
Sewerage & wastewater
1 source item · survey 2024
Published subtotal
$13,000
Funds sewer collection, treatment facilities and related infrastructure or operations.
Stable
| Service | Published subtotal | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
Electric utility #1 Spend2 source items · survey 2024 Funds the public electric utility’s operations, infrastructure and debt interest when published. | $348,000 | Warning | |
Other general spending 1 source item · survey 2024 Groups general spending that the source does not allocate to a more specific service. Underlying accounts are needed to identify each program. | $344,000 | Stable | |
Roads & bridges 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds roads, bridges and associated construction, maintenance and administration. | $159,000 | Stable | |
Water utility 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds public water supply, treatment, distribution and utility infrastructure. | $119,000 | Warning | |
Parks & recreation 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds parks, recreation facilities, maintenance and public recreation services. | $93,000 | Stable | |
Government administration 2 source items · survey 2024 Funds general government administration, public buildings and related support functions. | $40,000 | Stable | |
Solid waste 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds waste collection, disposal and related facilities or services. | $36,000 | Stable | |
Finance & tax administration 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds tax administration, treasury, accounting, budgeting and other financial management. | $29,000 | Stable | |
Sewerage & wastewater 1 source item · survey 2024 Funds sewer collection, treatment facilities and related infrastructure or operations. | $13,000 | Stable |
Debt & insurance-trust records
Debt issued, retired and outstanding are different measures; beginning and ending balances must not be summed. Trust contributions, benefits and assets have their own scope. These entries are separate from the spending overview.
Finance entries, with their source flags
Every original item remains available here. Amounts are converted from thousands of dollars; original codes, source labels and flags remain attached.
Government identity & reporting limits
Which government is in this record?
- Census source name
- CENTRALIA CITY
- Government type
- Municipal government (city, town, village or borough)
- County label in source
- Nemaha
- Fiscal year-end month and day
- December 31 — the identity file does not supply an ending calendar year.
Read the reporting limits first
Census edits these records to produce aggregate statistics. It warns that individual-government observations are not checked for accurate city time series and can contain reporting, coverage and processing errors. The 2022 census is broad; the 2024 annual survey is a sample. This page uses the latest available observation for this government, not a claim of current-year completeness.
Latest source flags: 2 imputed (I); 30 reported (R). These flags do not establish fraud or audit assurance.
Original files and reproducible records
Survey years are retained as published. Amounts use source item codes and explicit flags; no missing value is replaced with zero. No cross-year growth or city rankings are inferred.
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