Town Hall · Caliente

Caliente, NV town hall & government

Caliente spent $3 million in the year to June 30, 2024, about $2,961 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Caliente's government.

Town budget

Where Caliente's money goes

Spent
$3 million
fiscal year to June 30, 2024
Per resident
$2,961
typical Nevada cities: $2,178
Long-term debt
$895,000
$887 per resident
Water & other utilities
$1.9 million63%
Sewer & trash
$473,00016%
Administration & buildings
$266,0009%
Paid to other governments
$100,0003%
Courts, inspections & corrections
$89,0003%
Parks & libraries
$82,0003%
Roads & transportation
$70,0002%
Fire
$18,0001%
Health & welfare
$11,000<1%
Police
$1,000<1%

Where the money comes from

  • From the state 57%
  • Utility sales 29%
  • Fees & charges 8%
  • Property taxes 3%
  • Sales taxes 1%
  • Interest, fines & other <1%
  • Other taxes & licenses <1%
  • From other local governments <1%
Town workforce

Who works for Caliente

Full-time staff
9
5 part-time too
Average full-time pay
$44,200
a year, before benefits
Administration & buildings
4 full-time5 part
Parks & libraries
2 full-time
Roads & transportation
1 full-time
Sewer & trash
1 full-time
Water & other utilities
1 full-time

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Lincoln County School District

Caliente's K–12 school district. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$18,216
Nevada: $14,868
Students
959
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$3.2 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from Nevada districts overall: 16% local, 70% state, 14% federal

  • Local 2%
  • State 90%
  • Federal 8%

Of the $18,216 per pupil, $9,803 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Local

Contact Caliente's government

🏛️ Official websitecityofcaliente.com ↗

Town hall & decisions in Caliente →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Caliente

Caliente is represented in Congress by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen and Representative Steven Horsford. Joe Lombardo is governor.

All of Caliente's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

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