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The price of local government: Village of Rockton

Budget 05

The Village of Rockton budget was $7.32 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $2,718.82 per household.

That's a decrease of four percent from 2014, when the village spent $7.63 million, or $2,832.71 per household.

Rockton has 2,694 households and a population of 7,554.

Since 2001, the Village of Rockton budget has grown by 7.8 percent, from $6.80 million. The village population has grown 42.6 percent over the same period, from 5,296.

Salaries accounted for 25 percent of village spending in 2015. Rockton property taxpayers paid $1.83 million for 28 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 19 full-time employees and 13 part-time employees, and spent $847,492.96.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
7,554
$7,324,488.42
$1,832,971.62
25
43
$42,627.24
2014
7,613
$7,631,318.41
$1,809,114.66
23.7
43
$42,072.43
2013
7,685
$6,928,710.88
$1,778,210.72
25.7
42
$42,338.35
2012
7,685
$6,576,644.92
$1,586,592.10
24.1
43
$36,897.49
2011
7,685
$6,992,239.68
$1,574,672.40
22.5
47
$33,503.66
2010
5,526
$6,955,787.25
$1,645,067.73
23.7
78
$21,090.61
2009
5,512
$6,921,924.61
$1,557,088.02
22.5
78
$19,962.66
2008
7,440
$8,670,351.01
$1,491,505.08
17.2
78
$19,121.86
2007
7,440
$6,336,174.78
$1,404,905.58
22.2
78
$18,011.61
2006
5,298
$6,218,708.40
$1,402,774.80
22.6
78
$17,984.29
2005
5,298
$7,504,848.28
$1,263,965.48
16.8
78
$16,204.68
2004
5,298
$8,203,424.76
$1,407,008.16
17.2
76
$18,513.26
2003
5,298
$5,933,646.84
$1,294,219.08
21.8
76
$17,029.19
2002
5,298
$6,771,637.80
$1,278,180
18.9
41
$31,175.12
2001
5,296
$6,797,541.33
$847,492.96
12.5
32
$26,484.15

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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