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BREAKDOWN OF ESTIMATED OVERALL 2015 TAX BILL Each year when you receive your tax bill, you may wonder where your tax dollars go. Of your total property tax payment, 29.3% is used to pay for all City of Middleton-provided services, including the library. The chart below shows all entities in the Middleton taxing district: WHERE CITY DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON CITY SERVICES IN 2016 The following information should assist in defining what services are provided from your City of Middleton tax dollars: MILL RATE COMPARISON TAX YEAR 2015 TO 2014 City of Middleton, 29.3% Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, 51.7% Dane County, 14.0% MATC, 4.2% State of WI, 0.8% Estimated 2015 Tax Bill-Gross Mill Rate % Distribution Public Safety, $8,437,349 , 34.0% Trans. to Debt Svc., $4,521,939 , 18.2% Public Works, $3,212,991 , 13.0% Gen Gov't, $2,659,425 , 10.7% Conservation & Development, $1,665,647 , 6.7% Leisure-Parks, Sr. Ctr., Recreation, $1,570,601 , 6.3% Trans. to Library Opers., $1,193,982 , 4.8% Trans. To Capital & COLA Reserv., $1,086,107 , 4.4% Contingency, $441,519 , 1.8% 2016 Gen. Fund City Services by Program Area MIDDLETON TAXING DISTRICT 2015 2014 $ DIFF % DIFF CITY OF MIDDLETON 6.59 $ 6.95 $ -$0.36 -5.18% MIDDLETON/CROSS PLAINS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11.66 12.16 -0.50 -4.11% DANE COUNTY 3.14 3.30 -0.16 -4.85% MADISON TECHNICAL COLLEGE 0.93 0.98 -0.05 -5.10% STATE OF WISCONSIN 0.17 0.18 -0.01 -5.56% GROSS MILL RATE 22.49 $ 23.57 $ -1.08 -4.58% LESS: SCHOOL LEVY TAX CREDIT (1.66) (1.52) -0.14 9.21% NET MILL RATE 20.83 $ 22.05 $ -$1.22 -5.53%