That's a decrease of one percent from 2014, when the village spent $265,815.19, or $3,281.67 per household.
Palmer has 81 households and a population of 248.
Since 2001, the Village of Palmer budget has grown by 385.2 percent, from $54,249.26. The village population has fallen 0.8 percent over the same period, from 250.
Salaries accounted for 11.2 percent of village spending in 2015. Palmer property taxpayers paid $29,500.44 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $2,458.37 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 10 part-time employees and spent $20,451.36, or $2,045.14 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
248
$263,234.46
$29,500.44
11.2
12
$2,458.37
2014
248
$265,815.19
$29,498.17
11.1
13
$2,269.09
2013
248
$268,395.92
$29,492.32
11
13
$2,268.64
2012
248
$273,557.38
$29,620.64
10.8
15
$1,974.70
2011
248
$278,718.84
$28,991.52
10.4
15
$1,932.76
2010
248
$286,461.03
$30,521.67
10.7
15
$2,034.77
2009
248
$291,622.49
$32,878.48
11.3
15
$2,191.89
2008
248
$289,927.49
$35,016.44
12.1
15
$2,334.42
2007
248
$126,971.91
$32,049.81
25.2
2
$16,024.90
2006
248
$127,827.60
$37,080
29
2
$18,540
2005
248
$126,759
$25,196.80
19.9
2
$12,598.40
2004
248
$277,333.23
$25,258.20
9.1
2
$12,629.10
2003
248
$280,944.84
$25,391.52
9
2
$12,695.76
2002
248
$187,054.65
$25,941.60
13.9
11
$2,358.32
2001
250
$54,249.26
$20,451.36
37.7
10
$2,045.13
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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