How Renova is run
Renova spent $138,000 in the year to September 30, 2022, about $181 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Renova is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $181 per resident a year, or $0.50 a day
The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 1% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Renova didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
Cleveland School District
Renova’s K–12 school district, shared with Boyle, Cleveland, Merigold. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,697 per pupil, $6,818 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.
Mississippi districts overall: 33% local, 45% state, 23% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Renova
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Renova yet. Neighbors can add them.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
The typical homeowner pays $1,265 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.20% of the home’s value, vs 0.72% across Mississippi.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Renova’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.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Renova.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Mississippi HouseState representatives
- 3Mississippi SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Mississippi
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Renova’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.
Questions about how Renova is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 (for Renova, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.