Town Hall · Savoonga

Savoonga, AK town hall & government

Savoonga spent $1.3 million in the year to June 30, 2022, about $1,910 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Savoonga's government.

Town budget

Where Savoonga's money goes

Spent
$1.3 million
fiscal year to June 30, 2022
Per resident
$1,910
typical Alaska cities: $9,984
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Administration & buildings
$910,00068%
Roads & transportation
$137,00010%
Police
$93,0007%
Water & other utilities
$65,0005%
Other
$126,0009%

Where the money comes from

  • Interest, fines & other 58%
  • Fees & charges 14%
  • From the state 12%
  • Sales taxes 10%
  • Utility sales 5%
Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Savoonga

Full-time staff
6
16 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$52,100
a year, before benefits
Sworn police officers
2
full-time, with power of arrest
Administration & buildings
2 full-time10 part
Police
2 full-time
Roads & transportation
0 full-time3 part
Water & other utilities
0 full-time3 part
Other
2 full-time

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Savoonga didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Bering Strait School District

Savoonga's K–12 school district, shared with Brevig Mission, Diomede, Elim, Gambell, Golovin and Koyuk. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$50,455
Alaska: $21,070
Students
1,783
in the whole district
Long-term debt
None
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal

  • Local 7%
  • State 48%
  • Federal 45%

Of the $50,455 per pupil, $26,508 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Local

Contact Savoonga's government

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Beyond town hall

Who represents Savoonga

Savoonga is represented in Congress by Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Representative Nicholas J. Begich III. Mike Dunleavy is governor.

All of Savoonga's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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