That's a decrease of 8.5 percent from 2016, when the city spent $7.88 million.
Bushnell has a population of 3,221.
Since 2001, the City of Bushnell budget has fallen by 36.7 percent, from $11.40 million. The city population has grown 0.7 percent over the same period, from 3,200.
Salaries accounted for 15.2 percent of city spending in 2017. Bushnell property taxpayers paid $1.09 million for 24 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 24 full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $889,923.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,221
$7,213,220
$1,092,566
15.1
36
$30,349
2016
3,221
$7,883,013
$1,088,824
13.8
36
$30,245
2015
3,221
$8,442,715
$1,072,540
12.7
38
$28,225
2014
3,221
$7,242,860
$1,051,168
14.5
38
$27,662
2013
3,221
$8,172,822
$1,021,553
12.5
38
$26,883
2012
3,221
$8,357,455
$972,990
11.6
36
$27,027
2011
3,221
$8,131,518
$992,598
12.2
36
$27,572
2010
3,221
$8,053,655
$1,006,892
12.5
36
$27,969
2009
3,221
$8,074,850
$989,130
12.2
36
$27,476
2008
3,221
$8,299,760
$972,242
11.7
36
$27,007
2007
3,221
$9,465,669
$986,401
10.4
46
$21,443
2006
3,221
$8,247,100
$930,921
11.3
36
$25,859
2005
3,221
$7,356,941
$867,005
11.8
39
$22,231
2004
3,221
$9,240,881
$896,571
9.7
39
$22,989
2003
3,221
$7,851,763
$874,517
11.1
48
$18,219
2002
3,221
$8,326,091
$851,707
10.2
31
$27,474
2001
3,200
$11,402,336
$889,923
7.8
31
$28,707
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.