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The price of local government: City of Breese

Budget 07

The City of Breese budget was $19.33 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $10,523.30 per household.

That's a decrease of 3.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $20.05 million, or $10,913.96 per household.

Breese has 1,837 households and a population of 4,442.

Since 2001, the City of Breese budget has grown by 70.1 percent, from $11.36 million. The city population has grown 8.3 percent over the same period, from 4,100.

Salaries accounted for 14.9 percent of city spending in 2015. Breese property taxpayers paid $2.88 million for 37 full-time employees and 135 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 37 full-time employees and 104 part-time employees, and spent $2.30 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
4,442
$19,331,295
$2,880,958.38
14.9
172
$16,749.75
2014
4,442
$20,048,950
$2,824,529.86
14.1
156
$18,105.96
2013
4,442
$18,585,840
$2,730,340.08
14.7
159
$17,171.95
2012
4,442
$17,228,180
$2,669,018.52
15.5
170
$15,700.10
2011
4,442
$16,394,400
$2,644,705.08
16.1
167
$15,836.55
2010
4,370
$18,206,136.75
$2,703,705.81
14.9
167
$16,189.85
2009
4,357
$18,495,501
$2,748,040.22
14.9
171
$16,070.41
2008
4,267
$18,487,930
$2,599,828.29
14.1
150
$17,332.18
2007
4,250
$19,635,174
$2,616,525.99
13.3
164
$15,954.42
2006
4,225
$23,618,904
$2,478,555.60
10.5
157
$15,786.97
2005
4,197
$23,288,663.20
$2,450,698.80
10.5
67
$36,577.59
2004
4,150
$13,146,519
$2,240,171.43
17
67
$33,435.39
2003
4,141
$11,956,032
$2,357,419.68
19.7
140
$16,838.71
2002
4,100
$11,480,400
$2,315,931.75
20.2
158
$14,657.79
2001
4,100
$11,361,615.50
$2,296,831.03
20.2
141
$16,289.58

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

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