That's an increase of eight percent from 2014, when the village spent $448,414.62, or $2,893 per household.
Elkhart has 155 households and a population of 405.
Since 2001, the Village of Elkhart budget has fallen by 1.2 percent, from $490,213.40. The village population has fallen 14.7 percent over the same period, from 475.
Salaries accounted for 9.4 percent of village spending in 2015. Elkhart property taxpayers paid $45,518.52 for 18 part-time employees, or an average of $2,528.81 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and six part-time employees, and spent $75,662.36.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
405
$484,181.76
$45,518.52
9.4
18
$2,528.80
2014
405
$448,414.62
$51,675.10
11.5
18
$2,870.83
2013
405
$402,118.08
$65,499.20
16.3
13
$5,038.39
2012
405
$440,073.84
$87,781.78
19.9
18
$4,876.76
2011
405
$404,820.72
$81,221.40
20.1
18
$4,512.30
2010
430
$299,333.70
$68,453.70
22.9
16
$4,278.35
2009
430
$256,855.78
$66,557
25.9
16
$4,159.81
2007
430
$266,818.50
$73,997.82
27.7
11
$6,727.07
2006
430
$472,824
$105,992.40
22.4
11
$9,635.67
2005
430
$692,830.16
$131,771.08
19
13
$10,136.23
2004
423
$623,457
$116,849.49
18.7
15
$7,789.96
2003
475
$565,078.80
$116,268.24
20.6
7
$16,609.74
2002
475
$516,998.70
$105,792.75
20.5
7
$15,113.25
2001
475
$490,213.40
$75,662.36
15.4
7
$10,808.90
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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