That's a decrease of 12.2 percent from 2016, when the city spent $1.36 million, or $2,068 per household.
Benld has 657 households and a population of 1,556.
Since 2001, the City of Benld budget has fallen by 74 percent, from $4.59 million. The city population has fallen 5.7 percent over the same period, from 1,650.
Salaries accounted for 29.7 percent of city spending in 2017. Benld property taxpayers paid $353,907 for eight full-time employees and 30 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had eight full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $274,770.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,556
$1,193,245
$353,907
29.7
38
$9,313
2016
1,556
$1,358,905
$344,472
25.3
35
$9,842
2015
1,556
$2,913,437
$333,118
11.4
39
$8,541
2014
1,556
$2,925,600
$326,021
11.1
36
$9,056
2013
1,556
$2,057,470
$326,434
15.9
37
$8,823
2012
1,556
$2,076,550
$333,315
16.1
35
$9,523
2011
1,556
$3,076,990
$294,742
9.6
29
$10,164
2010
2,171
$4,218,000
$317,662
7.5
29
$10,954
2009
2,171
$2,790,450
$332,666
11.9
31
$10,731
2008
2,171
$2,610,270
$339,578
13
16
$21,224
2007
2,171
$2,470,500
$347,826
14.1
19
$18,307
2006
1,541
$2,486,250
$350,215
14.1
12
$29,185
2005
1,541
$3,142,100
$384,868
12.2
12
$32,072
2004
1,541
$3,794,880
$397,617
10.5
16
$24,851
2003
1,541
$4,245,920
$375,410
8.8
16
$23,463
2002
1,600
$4,522,000
$317,820
7
23
$13,818
2001
1,650
$4,586,600
$274,770
6
23
$11,947
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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