That's an increase of 124.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $236,250, or $5,027 per household.
Brussels has 47 households and a population of 150.
Since 2001, the Village of Brussels budget has grown by 650.7 percent, from $70,787. The village population has grown 31.6 percent over the same period, from 114.
Salaries accounted for one percent of village spending in 2017. Brussels property taxpayers paid $5,393 for three part-time employees, or an average of $1,798 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and three part-time employees, and spent $18,514.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
150
$531,420
$5,393
1
3
$1,798
2016
150
$236,250
$6,300
2.7
3
$2,100
2015
150
$194,971
$6,360
3.3
3
$2,120
2014
150
$136,257
$6,296
4.6
3
$2,099
2013
150
$101,331
$11,729
11.6
10
$1,173
2012
150
$55,655
$6,353
11.4
3
$2,118
2011
1,330
$52,037
$6,459
12.4
6
$1,077
2008
141
$178,718
$15,824
8.9
6
$2,637
2007
141
$95,709
$15,855
16.6
6
$2,643
2006
141
$217,775
$15,563
7.1
6
$2,594
2005
141
$154,414
$17,993
11.7
6
$2,999
2004
141
$126,496
$38,416
30.4
6
$6,403
2003
114
$79,220
$17,294
21.8
4
$4,323
2002
114
$78,120
$19,649
25.2
4
$4,912
2001
114
$70,787
$18,514
26.2
4
$4,628
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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