City spending: the payables lists
From the city's published payables lists, not official accounting. How these figures are built
The lists in the archive add up to $66,857,922, a lower bound, in 19,909 line items paid to 818 payees. 130 of the 135 lists add up to their printed total.
Spending by year
No payables lists in the archive for 2019, 2020: those years are blank, not zero. 2018 is partial (2 lists). Coverage below 100% (parsed lines ÷ printed totals): 2021 93%. Some scanned lists are missing pages or have OCR misreadings.
Table: spending by year
| Year | Paid | Lines | Lists | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | $24,389,295 | 4,154 | 21 | 100% |
| 2025 | $18,620,085 | 4,220 | 25 | 100% |
| 2024 | $8,828,001 | 3,693 | 24 | 100% |
| 2023 | $5,947,980 | 3,370 | 23 | 100% |
| 2022 | $4,008,496 | 1,694 | 15 | 100% |
| 2021 | $4,828,448 | 2,664 | 25 | 93% lower bound |
| 2020 | No lists in the archive | |||
| 2019 | No lists in the archive | |||
| 2018 (partial: 2 lists) | $235,617 | 114 | 2 | 100% |
Top payees (largest 200 of 2,664 matching lines)
| Payee | Paid | Bar, to scale |
|---|---|---|
| RATHJE CONSTRUCTION | $1,016,911 | |
| NOLAN'S LAWN CARE | $379,288 | |
| JOHNSON COUNTY REFUSE IN | $339,056 | |
| TIFFIN FIRE ASSOCIATION | $194,493 | |
| JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF | $173,550 | |
| HART FREDERICK CONSULTANTS | $130,646 | |
| VIETH CONSTRUCTION CORP | $105,094 | |
| ALLIANT ENERGY | $95,412 | |
| CORE & MAIN | $92,588 | |
| CARTER & ASSOCIATES | $82,016 | |
| PORTZEN CONSTRUCTION | $76,799 | |
| CAHOY PUMP SERVICE, INC | $68,174 | |
| CARGILL INC | $67,039 | |
| GOODWIN LAW OFFICE PC | $65,449 | |
| EMC INSURANCE COMPANIES | $58,938 | |
| JUNGE | $57,930 | |
| CLEAR CREEK AMANA SCHOOL | $57,500 | |
| DITCH WITCH OF MN | $57,279 | |
| SNI SOLUTIONS | $52,764 | |
| WULFEKUHLE INJECTION & P | $50,018 | |
| MARTIN GARDNER ARCHITECTURE | $44,722 | |
| HOLLAND, MICHAEL, RAIBER | $42,325 | |
| LL PELLING | $41,306 | |
| ELEMECH | $36,770 | |
| CJ MOYA & SONS, LLC | $36,322 |
By fund
| Fund | Paid | Bar, to scale |
|---|---|---|
| 321 Original Town Urbanization | $1,176,056 | |
| 001 General Fund | $931,871 | |
| 600 Water | $616,100 | |
| 343 PERMEABLE PAVERS | $385,158 | |
| 110 Road Use Tax | $349,371 | |
| 670 Recycling/Garbage | $340,348 | |
| 610 Sewer | $228,422 | |
| 310 Trail Project | $194,464 | |
| 335 Forevergreen Rd Pjt | $96,831 | |
| 332 Wtr Quality Sponsored PJT | $96,709 | |
| 614 WWTP Expansion Project | $77,727 | |
| 112 Employee Benefit | $67,432 | |
| 336 Public Works Building | $48,240 | |
| 312 Robert's Ferry Road Project | $48,084 | |
| 740 Storm Water | $41,903 | |
| 320 Roundabout Park Rd | $39,885 | |
| 607 Second Well | $39,097 | |
| 307 Park Road Paving | $29,976 | |
| 322 Traffic Lights | $6,180 | |
| 617 Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure Improvement | $5,183 | |
| 329 Deerview/HWY6 | $3,672 | |
| 200 Debt Service | $3,650 | |
| 325 Water Main Relocation for IDOT | $2,001 | |
| 326 Town Center Land Purch | $90 |
By department
Line items 2,664 lines, $4,828,448; page 16 of 54
City staff and official reimbursements
Reimbursements the council approved on the payables lists for city employees and officials: mileage, travel and conferences, training and licenses, uniforms and gear, phones and supplies they paid for. Names are not shown; each line gives its purpose and links to the published list. Wages and payroll are not on the payables lists. $57,291.14 on 220 lines. Shown as one payee, City employee (reimbursement).
By year
| Year | Paid | Lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $13.66 | 1 |
| 2021 | $3,548.62 | 25 |
| 2022 | $2,978.40 | 12 |
| 2023 | $5,898.88 | 30 |
| 2024 | $8,906.56 | 47 |
| 2025 | $23,480.02 | 55 |
| 2026 | $12,465.00 | 50 |
By purpose
| Purpose | Paid |
|---|---|
| Training, tuition, certification and licenses | $28,480.96 |
| Mileage | $19,552.18 |
| Travel, meals and conferences | $3,300.85 |
| Other expense reimbursement | $2,640.58 |
| Uniforms, boots and safety gear | $1,579.34 |
| Supplies and purchases | $1,102.96 |
| Medical or wellness (details withheld) | $634.27 |
By department
| Department | Paid |
|---|---|
| 151 Fire department (training and gear) | $26,514.22 |
| 650 City hall and general government | $18,416.67 |
| 150 Fire department | $4,582.67 |
| 160 Emergency medical services | $3,742.01 |
| 810 Water utility | $1,040.94 |
| 431 Recreation | $720.25 |
| 610 Mayor | $680.68 |
| 520 Economic development | $406.20 |
| 410 Library | $404.00 |
| 430 Parks | $354.27 |
| 815 Sewer utility | $317.10 |
| 210 Streets (road use tax) | $82.49 |
| 170 Building and inspections | $15.98 |
| (no account) | $13.66 |
Resident programs and rebates
Rebates and incentives the city paid residents under its own programs, from the payables lists. Residents' names are never shown: each payment is listed as "Individual (refund/reimbursement)" with its program. Refunds and deposits are not programs and are not counted here.
| Program | Payments | Paid | By year | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQR rebates City of Tiffin Soil Quality Restoration rebate (SRF sponsored project); fund 332 |
92 | $102,298.17 | 2021: 88; $96,709.31 2022: 4; $5,588.86 |
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Account numbers are fund-department-object. Fund names come from the Treasurer's reports and the lists; department names are read from the lists' account summaries. Data-quality report (JSON).
About these figures
Payments to private individuals (refunds, deposits, reimbursements, coaches and officials) are shown as one payee, "Individual (refund/reimbursement)", without names; reimbursements to city staff and officials (mileage, travel, training, uniforms …) are shown as "City employee (reimbursement)" with their purpose; the source page is still linked.
Data last updated November 7, 2026. Built from the archive's documents; see how the data is built.