That's an increase of 3.2 percent from 2014, when the city spent $28.94 million, or $4,622.04 per household.
Fairview Heights has 6,261 households and a population of 16,901.
Since 2001, the City of Fairview Heights budget has fallen by 5.1 percent, from $31.47 million. The city population has grown 7.3 percent over the same period, from 15,745.
Salaries accounted for 26.4 percent of city spending in 2015. Fairview Heights property taxpayers paid $7.87 million for 104 full-time employees and 32 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 157 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $7.09 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
16,901
$29,871,184.50
$7,871,088.06
26.4
136
$57,875.64
2014
16,929
$28,938,610.14
$7,886,517.39
27.3
151
$52,228.59
2013
17,078
$26,807,467.44
$7,850,363.04
29.3
151
$51,989.15
2012
17,078
$22,509,161.48
$7,574,045.56
33.6
151
$50,159.24
2011
17,078
$21,531,853.08
$7,415,128.80
34.4
152
$48,783.74
2010
16,706
$24,123,697.71
$7,717,544.73
32
144
$53,594.06
2009
16,643
$26,235,718.50
$7,575,411.52
28.9
146
$51,886.38
2008
16,492
$26,660,582.68
$7,138,850.71
26.8
145
$49,233.45
2007
16,587
$25,210,015.74
$7,236,872.37
28.7
145
$49,909.46
2006
15,034
$23,445,553.20
$6,875,713.20
29.3
145
$47,418.71
2005
15,034
$23,071,509.44
$6,704,283.20
29.1
145
$46,236.43
2004
15,034
$25,484,779.47
$7,269,170.64
28.5
152
$47,823.49
2003
15,034
$24,549,989.64
$7,493,133.12
30.5
157
$47,726.96
2002
15,034
$37,565,186.40
$7,264,939.95
19.3
169
$42,987.81
2001
15,745
$31,467,120.37
$7,085,446.83
22.5
172
$41,194.45
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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