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How Fort Supply is run

Fort Supply spent $634,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $2,052 per resident.

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City budget
$634,000
spent, year to June 30, 2022
Per resident
$2,052
Above typical Oklahoma cities ($1,647)
Long-term debt
None
at year end
City staff
3
full-time · 12 part-time
Typical tax bill
$600
a year · OK $1,599

What stands out about how Fort Supply is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $600 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.48% of the home’s value, vs 0.80% across Oklahoma.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Oklahoma$1,599
Fort Supply$600
$600
typical bill a year
0.48%
effective rate
$125,900
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

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

Your share of the budget

About $2,052 per resident a year, or $5.62 a day

The biggest line: water & other utilities, at 60% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Utility sales 62%Interest, fines & other 12%Fees & charges 9%Sales taxes 8%From the federal government 4%From the state 4%From other local governments 2%
The school district

Fort Supply Public Schools

Fort Supply’s K–12 school district, shared with May. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Fort Supply →
$19,014
per pupil · OK $12,210
141
students
None
long-term debt

Of the $19,014 per pupil, $10,511 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 57%State 39%Federal 4%

Oklahoma districts overall: 42% local, 45% state, 14% federal.

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

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Fort Supply

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

Who works for Fort Supply

One full-time town employee for every 103 residents

On the payroll in March 2022.

By department full-time, plus part-time

Administration & buildings3 + 5 pt
Water & other utilities0 + 7 pt
3
full-time
12
part-time
$34,900
average full-time pay, before benefits

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

Who represents Fort Supply

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Fort Supply.

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

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

Reach Fort Supply’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 Fort Supply is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

Town Square →
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Does Fort Supply get good value for its tax dollars?

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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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