That's a decrease of 15.6 percent from 2016, when the village spent $314,889, or $890 per household.
Alma has 354 households and a population of 316.
Since 2001, the Village of Alma budget has grown by 10 percent, from $241,755. The village population has fallen 18.1 percent over the same period, from 386.
Salaries accounted for 20.3 percent of village spending in 2017. Alma property taxpayers paid $53,885 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $4,145 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 13 part-time employees and spent $58,821, or $4,525 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
316
$265,882
$53,885
20.3
13
$4,145
2016
316
$314,889
$47,547
15.1
13
$3,657
2015
320
$283,395
$44,415
15.7
13
$3,417
2014
320
$294,738
$44,103
15
13
$3,393
2013
320
$310,919
$43,859
14.1
13
$3,374
2011
320
$162,684
$33,494
20.6
14
$2,392
2010
386
$177,042
$38,914
22
3
$12,971
2002
386
$225,050
$59,944
26.6
13
$4,611
2001
386
$241,755
$58,821
24.3
13
$4,525
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.