That's an increase of 81.4 percent from 2015, when the village spent $111,389, or $1,295 per household.
Rockbridge has 86 households and a population of 169.
Since 2001, the Village of Rockbridge budget has grown by 137.2 percent, from $85,200. The village population has fallen 32.4 percent over the same period, from 250.
Salaries accounted for 8.7 percent of village spending in 2016. Rockbridge property taxpayers paid $17,641 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $1,960 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had two part-time employees and spent $9,535, or $4,768 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
169
$202,108
$17,641
8.7
9
$1,960
2015
169
$111,389
$18,100
16.2
9
$2,011
2014
169
$111,389
$13,377
12
9
$1,486
2013
169
$113,491
$13,597
12
9
$1,511
2012
169
$108,803
$15,026
13.8
8
$1,878
2011
176
$112,599
$13,933
12.4
13
$1,072
2010
176
$156,289
$4,697
3
4
$1,174
2009
176
$159,648
$12,987
8.1
11
$1,181
2008
176
$93,551
$5,309
5.7
4
$1,327
2004
250
$91,026
$11,819
13
2
$5,909
2003
250
$81,600
$10,352
12.7
2
$5,176
2002
250
$84,000
$9,996
11.9
2
$4,998
2001
250
$85,200
$9,535
11.2
2
$4,768
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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