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The price of local government in 2016: Village of Modesto

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The Village of Modesto budget was $122,325 for its 2016 fiscal year, or $1,344 per household.

That's a decrease of 23.1 percent from 2015, when the village spent $159,000, or $1,747 per household.

Modesto has 91 households and a population of 189.

Since 2001, the Village of Modesto budget has fallen by 56.9 percent, from $284,000. The village population has fallen 37 percent over the same period, from 300.

Salaries accounted for 12.5 percent of village spending in 2016. Modesto property taxpayers paid $15,284 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $1,389 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and two part-time employees, and spent $26,494.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
189
$122,325
$15,284
12.5
11
$1,389
2015
186
$159,000
$26,121
16.4
6
$4,353
2014
252
$212,000
$28,423
13.4
6
$4,737
2013
252
$216,000
$27,571
12.8
6
$4,595
2012
300
$218,000
$9,028
4.1
4
$2,257
2011
300
$226,000
$14,202
6.3
4
$3,550
2010
292
$228,000
$24,634
10.8
4
$6,159
2009
292
$2,340,000
$21,734
0.9
4
$5,433
2008
300
$234,000
$23,185
9.9
3
$7,728
2007
300
$244,000
$25,827
10.6
3
$8,609
2006
300
$250,000
$20,409
8.2
3
$6,803
2005
300
$260,000
$24,843
9.6
3
$8,281
2004
300
$268,000
$26,871
10
3
$8,957
2003
300
$272,000
$23,525
8.6
3
$7,842
2002
300
$280,000
$21,223
7.6
3
$7,074
2001
300
$284,000
$26,494
9.3
3
$8,831

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

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