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How Corunna is run

Corunna spent $7.6 million in the year to June 30, 2024, about $2,494 per resident.

Town website
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City budget
$7.6 million
spent, year to June 30, 2024
Per resident
$2,494
Below typical Michigan cities ($2,810)
Long-term debt
$1.5 million
$506 per resident
City staff
12
full-time · 57 part-time
Typical tax bill
$1,895
a year · MI $2,904

What stands out about how Corunna 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 $2,494 per resident a year, or $6.83 a day

The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 24% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Fees & charges 30%From the state 19%Property taxes 17%Interest, fines & other 13%Utility sales 12%Other taxes & licenses 5%From other local governments 4%From the federal government <1%
Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $1,895 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.25% of the home’s value, vs 1.25% across Michigan.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Michigan$2,904
Corunna$1,895
Middletown$967
$1,895
typical bill a year
1.25%
effective rate
$151,000
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

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

The school district

Corunna Public School District

Corunna’s K–12 school district, shared with Vernon, Venice, Caledonia, Shiawassee, Hazelton and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Corunna →
$15,413
per pupil · MI $16,528
1,624
students
$16.3 million
long-term debt

Of the $15,413 per pupil, $9,022 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 22%State 66%Federal 12%

Michigan districts overall: 34% local, 57% state, 9% federal.

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

Over the years

Per resident, spending is down 9% since 2022

Spending per resident, by fiscal year. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.

Spending per resident by year

2022$2,751
2024$2,494
$7.6 million
spent in 2024
$9.1 million
spent in 2022

* A Census Bureau estimate for that year (the town didn’t report most of its figures).

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Corunna

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

Who works for Corunna

One full-time town employee for every 253 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Fire0 + 33 pt
Administration & buildings4 + 10 pt
Police3 + 7 pt
Parks & libraries1 + 3 pt
Roads & transportation2
Sewer & trash2
Water & other utilities0 + 2 pt
Other0 + 2 pt
12
full-time
57
part-time
$62,400
average full-time pay, before benefits
3
sworn police officers

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

Next door

How Corunna’s budget compares

Town budgets across the town line. 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
Corunna$2,494$506$1,895
Middletown——$967

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

Who represents Corunna

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Corunna.

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

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

Reach Corunna’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 websitecorunna-mi.gov ↗

Questions about how Corunna is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

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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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