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How Gale is run

Gale spent $7,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $34 per resident.

Town website
Town budget
$7,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$34
Below typical Kansas towns ($107)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
Town staff
0
full-time · 3 part-time

What stands out about how Gale 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 $34 per resident a year, or $0.09 a day

The biggest line: fire, at 57% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Property taxes 100%
The school district

Marion-Florence Unified School District 408

Gale’s K–12 school district, shared with Florence, Marion, Doyle, Centre, Fairplay and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Gale →
$15,175
per pupil · KS $14,966
531
students
$3.3 million
long-term debt

Of the $15,175 per pupil, $10,049 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 23%State 70%Federal 6%

Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.

Also serving Gale

Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Unified School District 410 · $14,641 per pupil

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

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Gale

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

Who works for Gale

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 3 pt
0
full-time
3
part-time

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

Next door

How Gale’s budget compares

Gale ranks 3rd lowest of 4 for spending per resident. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.

Spends the leastSpends the mostNo figures
TownSpent per residentDebt per residentTax bill
Centre$20—$2,694
Wilson$21—$5,495
Gale$34——
Risley$91—$5,134

The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.

Who represents Gale

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Gale.

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

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

Reach Gale’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 websiteMarionCoKS.net ↗

Questions about how Gale is run?

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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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