Cities have clerks and budget agencies. The township share in this category is almost entirely the township assessors and trustee-assessors. Judicial and legal services also are included in this category. Counties provide courts, prosecutors and defenders, municipalities sometimes have courts, and each require the advice of attorneys. Building maintenance is another category included here, and counties, cities and townships have buildings to maintain.
Every government type has a little bit of other.
The Census does not provide much detail about this category. It does include interest payments on debt. Every government type has this, because every government type sometimes sells bonds to finance the construction of buildings and other infrastructure. We can also use the data in the table to characterize each local government type. Counties are general purpose governments, charged with providing a wide variety of services.