That's a decrease of 16 percent from 2016, when the village spent $699,825.
Bluffs has a population of 714.
Since 2001, the Village of Bluffs budget has fallen by 69.2 percent, from $1.91 million. The village population has fallen 4.5 percent over the same period, from 748.
Salaries accounted for 27.5 percent of village spending in 2017. Bluffs property taxpayers paid $161,662 for three full-time employees and 14 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had three full-time employees and 17 part-time employees, and spent $195,521.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
714
$588,030
$161,662
27.5
17
$9,510
2016
704
$699,825
$154,260
22
21
$7,346
2015
704
$735,110
$156,087
21.2
20
$7,804
2014
704
$819,910
$153,757
18.8
20
$7,688
2013
704
$1,003,860
$174,186
17.4
13
$13,399
2012
704
$1,032,206
$170,589
16.5
13
$13,122
2011
715
$1,041,888
$181,694
17.4
15
$12,113
2010
703
$799,938
$174,706
21.8
17
$10,277
2009
703
$855,270
$186,996
21.9
16
$11,687
2008
748
$1,027,260
$161,754
15.7
16
$10,110
2007
748
$1,135,210
$136,479
12
17
$8,028
2006
748
$1,085,625
$137,445
12.7
17
$8,085
2005
748
$942,500
$152,208
16.1
16
$9,513
2004
748
$994,950
$215,228
21.6
16
$13,452
2003
748
$1,003,000
$224,717
22.4
24
$9,363
2002
748
$1,770,440
$226,373
12.8
6
$37,729
2001
748
$1,909,048
$195,521
10.2
20
$9,776
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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