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Friday, November 15, 2024

The price of local government: City of St. Elmo

Budget 11

The City of St. Elmo budget was $9.08 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $14,914.78 per household.

That's an increase of 15.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $7.87 million, or $12,923.20 per household.

St. Elmo has 609 households and a population of 1,426.

Since 2001, the City of St. Elmo budget has fallen by 26.4 percent, from $12.34 million. The city population has fallen 2.1 percent over the same period, from 1,456.

Salaries accounted for three percent of city spending in 2015. St. Elmo property taxpayers paid $275,206.20 for four full-time employees and 17 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had nine full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $294,241.75.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,426
$9,083,100
$275,206.20
3
21
$13,105.05
2014
1,426
$7,870,230
$303,144.45
3.9
21
$14,435.45
2013
1,426
$7,061,600
$294,380.32
4.2
13
$22,644.63
2012
1,448
$15,622,810
$279,008.96
1.8
14
$19,929.21
2011
1,448
$15,720,480
$284,505.48
1.8
13
$21,885.03
2010
1,448
$15,059,370
$311,116.35
2.1
13
$23,932.02
2009
1,448
$15,025,610
$304,661.56
2
13
$23,435.50
2008
1,448
$21,290,895
$300,302.02
1.4
13
$23,100.15
2007
1,448
$13,611,780
$308,215.44
2.3
13
$23,708.88
2006
1,435
$11,658,000
$297,086.40
2.5
13
$22,852.80
2005
1,456
$10,878,520
$292,571.80
2.7
13
$22,505.52
2004
1,456
$14,284,170
$306,889.71
2.1
11
$27,899.06
2003
1,456
$11,633,160
$286,681.56
2.5
11
$26,061.96
2002
1,456
$12,852,000
$320,901.75
2.5
12
$26,741.81
2001
1,456
$12,340,960
$294,241.75
2.4
12
$24,520.14

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

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