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How Haynes is run

Haynes spent $9,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $375 per resident.

Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis)
City budget
$9,000
spent, year to December 31, 2022
Per resident
$375
Below typical North Dakota cities ($1,909)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
0
full-time · 4 part-time
Typical tax bill
$2,500
a year · ND $2,468

What stands out about how Haynes 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 $375 per resident a year, or $1.03 a day

The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 33% of spending.

Where the money comes from
From the state 36%Property taxes 36%Fees & charges 18%Utility sales 9%
The school district

Hettinger Public School District 13

Haynes’s K–12 school district, shared with Bucyrus, Cedar, Chandler, Clermont, Duck Creek and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Haynes →
$16,824
per pupil · ND $16,642
290
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $16,824 per pupil, $9,079 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 49%State 47%Federal 5%

North Dakota districts overall: 40% local, 46% state, 14% federal.

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

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Haynes

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

Who works for Haynes

0 full-time staff

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings0 + 4 pt
0
full-time
4
part-time

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

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $2,500 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.88% of the home’s value, vs 0.99% across North Dakota.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Haynes$2,500
North Dakota$2,468
$2,500
typical bill a year
0.88%
effective rate
$285,000
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

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

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Haynes.

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

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

Reach Haynes’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 →

Questions about how Haynes is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Does Haynes 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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