That's an increase of 79.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $10.18 million, or $4,634 per household.
Beardstown has 2,196 households and a population of 5,656.
Since 2001, the City of Beardstown budget has grown by 256.8 percent, from $5.11 million. The city population has grown 6.7 percent over the same period, from 5,300.
Salaries accounted for 11.2 percent of city spending in 2017. Beardstown property taxpayers paid $2.05 million for 42 full-time employees and 20 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had one full-time employee and one part-time employee, and spent $791,037.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
5,656
$18,230,579
$2,045,570
11.2
62
$32,993
2016
5,738
$10,176,438
$2,186,224
21.5
62
$35,262
2015
5,960
$10,174,839
$1,999,006
19.6
65
$30,754
2014
5,960
$9,528,697
$1,951,010
20.5
65
$30,016
2013
6,400
$8,972,754
$1,976,833
22
75
$26,358
2012
6,400
$16,987,029
$1,836,151
10.8
75
$24,482
2011
6,100
$16,026,591
$2,102,138
13.1
75
$28,029
2010
5,800
$19,295,941
$2,028,875
10.5
77
$26,349
2009
5,800
$21,090,144
$2,007,748
9.5
77
$26,075
2008
5,800
$16,329,419
$2,021,363
12.4
77
$26,251
2007
5,766
$15,562,814
$1,988,296
12.8
73
$27,237
2006
5,766
$9,686,034
$2,010,379
20.8
73
$27,539
2005
6,600
$6,898,206
$2,113,540
30.6
48
$44,032
2004
6,600
$7,941,986
$2,039,476
25.7
48
$42,489
2003
6,600
$5,729,915
$1,951,367
34.1
48
$40,653
2002
6,600
$7,564,383
$1,919,747
25.4
48
$39,995
2001
5,300
$5,108,762
$791,037
15.5
2
$395,518
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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