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The price of local government in 2017: City of Collinsville

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The City of Collinsville budget was $47.29 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 9.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $43.34 million.

Collinsville has a population of 24,703.

Since 2001, the City of Collinsville budget has grown by 25.9 percent, from $37.56 million. The city population has fallen percent over the same period, from 24,707.

Salaries accounted for 28.3 percent of city spending in 2017. Collinsville property taxpayers paid $13.39 million for 167 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 144 full-time employees and 42 part-time employees, and spent $9.66 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
24,703
$47,288,552
$13,393,743
28.3
202
$66,306
2016
25,025
$43,337,354
$13,241,773
30.6
196
$67,560
2015
25,282
$41,110,521
$13,159,394
32
200
$65,797
2014
25,221
$47,513,981
$13,053,433
27.5
194
$67,286
2013
25,742
$55,018,872
$12,989,961
23.6
193
$67,305
2012
25,742
$42,723,945
$12,955,242
30.3
194
$66,780
2011
25,757
$50,522,639
$13,798,384
27.3
193
$71,494
2010
25,677
$57,634,558
$13,546,220
23.5
201
$67,394
2009
25,960
$65,600,660
$13,497,847
20.6
198
$68,171
2008
25,893
$60,321,352
$12,852,056
21.3
202
$63,624
2007
25,610
$40,396,175
$11,326,658
28
185
$61,225
2006
25,610
$43,833,923
$10,553,271
24.1
179
$58,957
2005
25,251
$43,512,674
$10,416,565
23.9
163
$63,905
2004
24,700
$39,363,269
$10,419,149
26.5
169
$61,652
2003
24,700
$37,151,316
$10,383,861
28
187
$55,529
2002
24,700
$39,307,989
$10,039,653
25.5
183
$54,861
2001
24,707
$37,563,338
$9,661,955
25.7
186
$51,946

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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