That's a decrease of 75.5 percent from 2016, when the village spent $5.38 million, or $7,388 per household.
Brighton has 728 households and a population of 2,185.
Since 2001, the Village of Brighton budget has fallen by 47.1 percent, from $2.49 million. The village population has fallen 3.7 percent over the same period, from 2,270.
Salaries accounted for 35.3 percent of village spending in 2017. Brighton property taxpayers paid $465,147 for 26 full-time employees, or an average of $17,890 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had six full-time employees and 27 part-time employees, and spent $286,160.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,185
$1,316,228
$465,147
35.3
26
$17,890
2016
2,200
$5,378,237
$556,642
10.3
18
$30,925
2015
2,200
$6,497,376
$570,539
8.8
18
$31,697
2014
2,200
$11,298,253
$572,644
5.1
18
$31,814
2013
2,200
$9,199,250
$517,190
5.6
18
$28,733
2012
2,200
$3,542,848
$513,830
14.5
21
$24,468
2011
2,196
$3,914,986
$313,094
8
10
$31,309
2010
2,196
$3,567,322
$323,890
9.1
10
$32,389
2009
2,196
$3,476,377
$334,656
9.6
10
$33,466
2008
2,500
$3,259,905
$305,006
9.4
16
$19,063
2007
2,500
$3,564,303
$306,847
8.6
16
$19,178
2006
2,500
$3,854,359
$296,244
7.7
17
$17,426
2005
2,250
$3,890,771
$250,013
6.4
23
$10,870
2004
2,196
$2,708,585
$295,763
10.9
23
$12,859
2003
2,196
$2,974,863
$263,474
8.9
30
$8,782
2002
2,196
$2,826,512
$294,648
10.4
21
$14,031
2001
2,270
$2,488,973
$286,160
11.5
33
$8,672
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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