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Friday, November 22, 2024

The price of local government: City of Grayville

Budget 11

The City of Grayville budget was $2.64 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $3,550.63 per household.

That's an increase of 19.3 percent from 2014, when the city spent $2.21 million, or $2,975.95 per household.

Grayville has 743 households and a population of 1,666.

Since 2001, the City of Grayville budget has fallen by 59.2 percent, from $6.46 million. The city population has fallen 18.5 percent over the same period, from 2,043.

Salaries accounted for 24.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Grayville property taxpayers paid $650,000.10 for 14 full-time employees and 22 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 27 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees, and spent $772,051.17.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,666
$2,638,119.84
$650,000.10
24.6
36
$18,055.55
2014
1,666
$2,211,127.78
$658,434.71
29.8
17
$38,731.45
2013
1,666
$2,575,342.64
$669,700.72
26
26
$25,757.72
2012
1,666
$2,718,785.52
$729,508.96
26.8
43
$16,965.32
2011
2,043
$4,214,756.16
$792,345.24
18.8
28
$28,298.04
2010
2,043
$3,472,755.99
$997,419.36
28.7
30
$33,247.31
2009
2,043
$3,027,524.25
$897,895.74
29.7
39
$23,022.96
2008
2,043
$6,428,132.69
$751,698.60
11.7
40
$18,792.46
2007
2,043
$5,664,134.97
$735,907.77
13
62
$11,869.48
2006
2,043
$4,969,362
$784,460.40
15.8
62
$12,652.58
2005
2,043
$9,214,375.52
$790,041.20
8.6
62
$12,742.59
2004
2,043
$6,572,633.85
$790,935.12
12
62
$12,757.01
2003
2,043
$11,901,215.04
$777,956.52
6.5
62
$12,547.68
2002
2,043
$11,212,422.30
$789,241.05
7
62
$12,729.69
2001
2,043
$6,460,376.11
$772,051.17
12
62
$12,452.43

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

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