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How New Meadows is run

New Meadows spent $424,000 in the year to September 30, 2022, about $767 per resident.

Town website
Photo: Original uploader was Kimberlyeron at en.wikipedia
City budget
$424,000
spent, year to September 30, 2022
Per resident
$767
Below typical Idaho cities ($1,169)
Long-term debt
$501,000
$906 per resident
City staff
6
full-time · 5 part-time
Typical tax bill
$1,277
a year · ID $2,038

What stands out about how New Meadows is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $767 per resident a year, or $2.10 a day

The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 30% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Fees & charges 29%Utility sales 26%From the state 23%Property taxes 20%Interest, fines & other 2%Other taxes & licenses <1%
Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $1,277 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.38% of the home’s value, vs 0.49% across Idaho.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Idaho$2,038
New Meadows$1,277
$1,277
typical bill a year
0.38%
effective rate
$331,800
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at New Meadows’s rate.

Can I afford it? →

The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in New Meadows

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for New Meadows yet. Neighbors can add them.

Who works for New Meadows

One full-time town employee for every 92 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings2 + 1 pt
Roads & transportation1 + 1 pt
Sewer & trash1 + 1 pt
Water & other utilities1 + 1 pt
Other1 + 1 pt
6
full-time
5
part-time
$16,400
average full-time pay, before benefits

Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

The school district

Meadows Valley School District 11

New Meadows’s K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in New Meadows →
$21,743
per pupil · ID $11,119
136
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $21,743 per pupil, $14,610 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 19%State 64%Federal 17%

Idaho districts overall: 21% local, 67% state, 12% federal.

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who represents New Meadows

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for New Meadows.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Idaho HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Idaho SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Idaho

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach New Meadows’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →
Official websitenewmeadowsidaho.us ↗

Questions about how New Meadows is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does New Meadows get good value for its tax dollars?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Ask neighbors

Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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