That's a decrease of 10.9 percent from 2014, when the village spent $214,614.92, or $2,585.72 per household.
Elsah has 83 households and a population of 673.
Since 2001, the Village of Elsah budget has fallen by 47.2 percent, from $362,397.88. The village population has fallen 21.6 percent over the same period, from 858.
Salaries accounted for 24.7 percent of village spending in 2015. Elsah property taxpayers paid $47,273.94 for 17 part-time employees, or an average of $2,780.82 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 17 part-time employees and spent $35,877.56, or $2,110.44 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
673
$191,192.88
$47,273.94
24.7
17
$2,780.82
2014
800
$214,614.92
$52,746.30
24.6
22
$2,397.55
2013
800
$149,832.80
$43,708.08
29.2
18
$2,428.22
2012
800
$136,528
$38,426.06
28.1
12
$3,202.17
2011
800
$155,476.80
$30,824.28
19.8
15
$2,054.95
2010
800
$295,992.60
$44,881.74
15.2
15
$2,992.11
2009
630
$391,160.80
$26,097.35
6.7
15
$1,739.82
2008
630
$417,376.80
$42,181.77
10.1
15
$2,812.11
2007
630
$389,446.20
$23,034.96
5.9
15
$1,535.66
2006
635
$367,827.60
$21,724.80
5.9
14
$1,551.77
2004
633
$783,700.80
$38,875.44
5
16
$2,429.71
2003
633
$403,339.20
$38,586.24
9.6
14
$2,756.16
2002
862
$343,791
$37,025.10
10.8
15
$2,468.34
2001
858
$362,397.88
$35,877.56
9.9
17
$2,110.44
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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