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The price of local government in 2017: Village of Fairmont City

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The Village of Fairmont City budget was $8.42 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 8.2 percent from 2016, when the city spent $9.17 million.

Fairmont has a population of 2,436.

Since 2001, the Village of Fairmont City budget has grown by 33.9 percent, from $6.29 million. The city population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 15.1 percent of city spending in 2017. Fairmont property taxpayers paid $1.27 million for 15 full-time employees and 55 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 21 full-time employees and 31 part-time employees, and spent $1.06 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,436
$8,423,364
$1,268,647
15.1
70
$18,124
2016
2,436
$9,174,375
$1,361,048
14.8
65
$20,939
2015
2,635
$9,261,750
$1,413,476
15.3
80
$17,668
2014
2,635
$9,502,375
$1,508,488
15.9
81
$18,623
2013
2,635
$9,681,665
$1,367,460
14.1
81
$16,882
2012
2,635
$9,932,550
$1,326,157
13.4
62
$21,390
2011
2,831
$20,499,233
$1,467,852
7.2
73
$20,108
2010
2,436
$19,006,482
$1,403,237
7.4
77
$18,224
2009
2,436
$18,663,597
$1,440,165
7.7
77
$18,703
2008
2,436
$17,940,560
$1,337,471
7.5
64
$20,898
2007
2,436
$17,252,442
$1,351,461
7.8
62
$21,798
2006
2,430
$8,069,313
$1,322,893
16.4
42
$31,497
2005
2,430
$8,846,760
$1,384,705
15.7
43
$32,202
2004
2,436
$9,270,120
$1,297,714
14
71
$18,278
2003
2,436
$7,316,120
$1,113,930
15.2
68
$16,381
2002
2,436
$7,056,000
$947,124
13.4
52
$18,214
2001
2,436
$6,291,310
$1,056,379
16.8
52
$20,315

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

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