That's a decrease of 49.4 percent from 2014, when the village spent $33,217.50, or $949.07 per household.
Columbus has 35 households and a population of 112.
Since 2001, the Village of Columbus budget has grown by 48.2 percent, from $11,336.75. The village population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 24 percent of village spending in 2015. Columbus property taxpayers paid $4,039.20 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $448.80 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had three part-time employees and spent $2,972.90, or $990.97 each.
Year
Population
Budget
2015
112
$16,801.44
2014
112
$33,217.50
2013
112
$35,568
2012
112
$19,080
2009
112
$11,526
2007
111
$11,934
2006
112
$12,240
2005
112
$12,710
2004
112
$13,222.50
2002
12
$12,958.65
2001
112
$11,336.75
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.