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The price of local government in 2017: City of Pana

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The City of Pana budget was $12.67 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 1.7 percent from 2016, when the city spent $12.46 million.

Pana has a population of 5,734.

Since 2001, the City of Pana budget has fallen by 17.8 percent, from $15.42 million. The city population has grown 2.1 percent over the same period, from 5,614.

Salaries accounted for 16.7 percent of city spending in 2017. Pana property taxpayers paid $2.12 million for 31 full-time employees and four part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 49 full-time employees and 26 part-time employees, and spent $2.26 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
5,734
$12,672,276
$2,119,271
16.7
35
$60,551
2016
5,734
$12,457,830
$2,178,432
17.5
35
$62,241
2015
5,734
$13,422,356
$2,181,491
16.3
35
$62,328
2014
5,734
$17,137,126
$2,055,588
12
35
$58,731
2013
5,734
$17,460,468
$2,063,344
11.8
35
$58,953
2012
5,790
$18,885,068
$2,011,281
10.7
46
$43,724
2011
5,790
$21,857,986
$2,138,360
9.8
46
$46,486
2010
5,614
$17,330,679
$1,950,362
11.3
46
$42,399
2009
5,614
$16,040,525
$2,082,635
13
49
$42,503
2008
5,614
$15,385,910
$20,870,272
135.6
49
$425,924
2007
5,614
$16,001,337
$2,217,190
13.9
49
$45,249
2006
5,614
$16,161,063
$2,199,191
13.6
60
$36,653
2005
5,614
$16,392,155
$2,176,680
13.3
121
$17,989
2004
5,614
$15,975,681
$2,251,298
14.1
121
$18,606
2003
5,614
$15,980,884
$2,146,795
13.4
118
$18,193
2002
5,614
$16,291,870
$2,145,024
13.2
88
$24,375
2001
5,614
$15,424,253
$2,258,276
14.6
75
$30,110

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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