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Friday, November 15, 2024

The price of local government: City of Girard

Budget 09

The City of Girard budget was $1.51 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $2,002.66 per household.

That's a decrease of 71.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $5.28 million, or $7,005.78 per household.

Girard has 754 households and a population of 2,245.

Since 2001, the City of Girard budget has fallen by 73.8 percent, from $5.75 million. The city population has fallen 29.8 percent over the same period, from 3,200.

Salaries accounted for 33.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Girard property taxpayers paid $508,137.48 for 10 full-time employees and 25 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 15 full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $522,655.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,245
$1,510,004.94
$508,137.48
33.7
35
$14,518.21
2014
2,250
$5,282,355
$515,793.10
9.8
17
$30,340.77
2013
2,250
$5,333,640
$520,800.80
9.8
17
$30,635.34
2012
2,245
$2,650,000
$536,251.88
20.2
38
$14,111.89
2011
2,245
$2,700,000
$507,112.92
18.8
38
$13,345.07
2010
2,245
$3,170,715
$480,905.28
15.2
43
$11,183.84
2009
2,245
$3,227,845
$564,506.19
17.5
43
$13,128.05
2008
2,245
$3,227,845
$523,715.45
16.2
43
$12,179.42
2007
2,245
$3,342,105
$518,699.61
15.5
43
$12,062.78
2006
2,300
$2,039,098.80
$552,777.60
27.1
30
$18,425.91
2005
2,300
$2,120,289.64
$529,194.80
25
22
$24,054.30
2004
2,300
$1,847,198.73
$583,450.23
31.6
23
$25,367.40
2003
3,200
$3,226,656.84
$531,544.20
16.5
18
$29,530.23
2002
3,200
unavailable
$539,674.65
unavailable
18
$29,981.92
2001
3,200
$5,753,726
$522,655
9.1
18
$29,036.38

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

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