That's an increase of 0.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $190,639.
Elsah has a population of 631.
Since 2001, the Village of Elsah budget has fallen by 48.8 percent, from $375,624. The village population has fallen 26.5 percent over the same period, from 858.
Salaries accounted for 27.3 percent of village spending in 2017. Elsah property taxpayers paid $52,445 for 18 part-time employees, or an average of $2,914 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 17 part-time employees and spent $37,187, or $2,187 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
631
$192,287
$52,445
27.3
18
$2,914
2016
669
$190,639
$55,308
29
19
$2,911
2015
673
$198,691
$49,128
24.7
17
$2,890
2014
800
$220,866
$54,283
24.6
22
$2,467
2013
800
$155,596
$45,389
29.2
18
$2,522
2012
800
$140,392
$39,514
28.1
12
$3,293
2011
800
$162,675
$32,251
19.8
15
$2,150
2010
800
$303,992
$46,095
15.2
15
$3,073
2009
630
$405,007
$27,021
6.7
15
$1,801
2008
630
$432,151
$43,675
10.1
15
$2,912
2007
630
$406,089
$24,019
5.9
15
$1,601
2006
635
$383,154
$22,630
5.9
14
$1,616
2004
633
$814,077
$40,382
5
16
$2,524
2003
633
$415,562
$39,756
9.6
14
$2,840
2002
862
$356,524
$38,396
10.8
15
$2,560
2001
858
$375,624
$37,187
9.9
17
$2,187
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.