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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The price of local government: City of Rolling Meadows

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The City of Rolling Meadows budget was $70.69 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $8,881.33 per household.

That's an increase of 2.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $68.92 million, or $8,659.02 per household.

Rolling Meadows has 7,959 households and a population of 24,099.

Since 2001, the City of Rolling Meadows budget has grown by 42.8 percent, from $49.50 million. The city population has fallen 2.1 percent over the same period, from 24,604.

Salaries accounted for 24.5 percent of city spending in 2015. Rolling Meadows property taxpayers paid $17.30 million for 155 full-time employees and 21 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 218 full-time employees and 71 part-time employees, and spent $19.15 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
24,099
$70,686,467.16
$17,295,804.42
24.5
176
$98,271.61
2014
24,099
$68,917,130.05
$16,692,833.02
24.2
174
$95,935.82
2013
24,099
$66,820,105.04
$16,412,560.32
24.6
177
$92,726.32
2012
24,099
$67,906,924.16
$16,619,193.04
24.5
173
$96,064.69
2011
24,099
$68,402,323.80
$17,736,727.68
25.9
175
$101,352.72
2010
24,099
$69,688,249.77
$17,169,062.64
24.6
178
$96,455.40
2009
24,604
$59,168,067.86
$18,602,331.20
31.4
195
$95,396.57
2008
24,604
$54,510,706.19
$20,664,423
37.9
234
$88,309.50
2007
24,604
$57,219,514.56
$23,340,741.84
40.8
228
$102,371.67
2006
24,604
$64,955,630.40
$18,000,000
27.7
222
$81,081.08
2005
24,604
$49,395,305.76
$18,649,547.92
37.8
222
$84,006.97
2004
24,604
$55,326,656.49
$21,155,841.33
38.2
312
$67,807.18
2003
24,604
$65,081,784.24
$20,191,855.20
31
285
$70,848.61
2002
24,604
$68,049,073.35
$20,084,679
29.5
281
$71,475.72
2001
24,604
$49,496,683.42
$19,148,124.21
38.7
289
$66,256.48

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

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