That's an increase of 0.6 percent from 2016, when the city spent $3.22 million.
Gillespie has a population of 3,319.
Since 2001, the City of Gillespie budget has fallen by 42.9 percent, from $5.66 million. The city population has fallen 9.6 percent over the same period, from 3,673.
Salaries accounted for 26.7 percent of city spending in 2017. Gillespie property taxpayers paid $864,639 for 22 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 23 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $789,039.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,319
$3,235,579
$864,639
26.7
37
$23,369
2016
3,319
$3,216,560
$878,970
27.3
42
$20,928
2015
3,319
$4,134,933
$860,077
20.8
42
$20,478
2014
3,319
$4,166,092
$788,458
18.9
46
$17,140
2013
3,319
$4,224,965
$813,394
19.3
47
$17,306
2012
3,319
$4,227,570
$832,835
19.7
59
$14,116
2011
3,319
$4,052,186
$922,529
22.8
41
$22,501
2010
3,412
$4,436,081
$899,768
20.3
35
$25,708
2009
3,800
$4,423,013
$1,082,738
24.5
38
$28,493
2008
3,800
$5,544,487
$1,092,802
19.7
38
$28,758
2007
3,673
$6,173,332
$1,124,296
18.2
42
$26,769
2006
3,673
$6,160,173
$1,040,034
16.9
51
$20,393
2005
3,673
$6,399,951
$857,149
13.4
51
$16,807
2004
3,673
$6,482,101
$1,053,062
16.2
51
$20,648
2003
3,412
$5,933,876
$1,005,821
17
39
$25,790
2002
3,673
$5,852,630
$984,056
16.8
46
$21,393
2001
3,673
$5,662,643
$789,039
13.9
35
$22,544
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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