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The price of local government: City of Vandalia

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The City of Vandalia budget was $8.93 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $4,139.30 per household.

That's an increase of 0.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $8.88 million, or $4,113.90 per household.

Vandalia has 2,158 households and a population of 7,200.

Since 2001, the City of Vandalia budget has fallen by 7.3 percent, from $9.64 million. The city population has grown 2.9 percent over the same period, from 7,000.

Salaries accounted for 26.8 percent of city spending in 2015. Vandalia property taxpayers paid $2.40 million for 40 full-time employees and 47 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 55 full-time employees and 49 part-time employees, and spent $2.37 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
7,200
$8,932,615.32
$2,397,004.08
26.8
87
$27,551.77
2014
7,200
$8,877,802.78
$2,306,552.13
26
87
$26,512.09
2013
7,200
$8,362,701.36
$2,296,289.84
27.5
87
$26,394.13
2012
7,200
$8,917,086.76
$2,326,896.10
26.1
87
$26,745.93
2011
7,200
$10,770,198.48
$2,429,369.28
22.6
97
$25,045.04
2010
7,200
$13,668,170.37
$2,795,574.96
20.5
97
$28,820.36
2009
7,200
$15,360,412.05
$2,639,972.67
17.2
97
$27,216.21
2008
7,200
$15,391,813.62
$2,476,310.25
16.1
99
$25,013.23
2007
7,200
$9,445,154.94
$2,624,467.95
27.8
97
$27,056.37
2006
7,200
$8,553,835.20
$2,536,498.80
29.7
97
$26,149.47
2005
7,000
$9,884,940.24
$2,347,455.16
23.7
97
$24,200.56
2004
7,000
$11,076,350.22
$2,436,691.32
22
98
$24,864.19
2003
7,000
$11,411,442.24
$2,527,773.60
22.2
98
$25,793.60
2002
7,000
$9,445,239.90
$2,552,072.40
27
98
$26,041.55
2001
7,000
$9,636,427.93
$2,372,419.41
24.6
104
$22,811.72

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

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