That's an increase of 55.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $193,849, or $2,364 per household.
Butler has 82 households and a population of 180.
Since 2001, the Village of Butler budget has grown by 164.2 percent, from $114,402. The village population has fallen 8.6 percent over the same period, from 197.
Salaries accounted for eight percent of village spending in 2017. Butler property taxpayers paid $24,218 for six part-time employees, or an average of $4,036 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had three part-time employees and spent $13,886, or $4,629 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
180
$302,281
$24,218
8
6
$4,036
2016
180
$193,849
$22,234
11.5
6
$3,706
2015
180
$297,031
$24,808
8.4
6
$4,135
2014
180
$149,426
$20,906
14
6
$3,484
2013
180
$146,975
$19,241
13.1
5
$3,848
2012
180
$328,511
$20,142
6.1
5
$4,028
2011
180
$663,717
$21,864
3.3
5
$4,373
2010
156
$106,453
$19,996
18.8
5
$3,999
2009
156
$105,824
$21,913
20.7
5
$4,383
2008
156
$113,546
$18,234
16.1
5
$3,647
2007
156
$111,079
$17,750
16
5
$3,550
2006
156
$117,875
$16,981
14.4
5
$3,396
2005
156
$114,851
$16,783
14.6
3
$5,594
2004
156
$109,077
$17,417
16
3
$5,806
2003
156
$107,435
$16,553
15.4
3
$5,518
2002
156
$102,448
$13,321
13
3
$4,440
2001
197
$114,402
$13,886
12.1
3
$4,629
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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