That's a decrease of 0.7 percent from 2015, when the city spent $588,255, or $2,108 per household.
New Milford has 279 households and a population of 697.
Since 2001, the City of New Milford budget has grown by 219.7 percent, from $182,683. The city population has grown 28.8 percent over the same period, from 541.
Salaries accounted for five percent of city spending in 2016. New Milford property taxpayers paid $29,033 for eight full-time employees, or an average of $3,629 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had eight full-time employees and spent $20,732, or $2,592 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
697
$584,055
$29,033
5
8
$3,629
2015
697
$588,255
$32,680
5.6
8
$4,085
2014
697
$634,400
$28,122
4.4
8
$3,515
2013
697
$315,360
$28,058
8.9
8
$3,507
2012
697
$387,713
$33,539
8.7
8
$4,192
2011
697
$371,431
$29,968
8.1
8
$3,746
2010
541
$362,178
$32,570
9
8
$4,071
2009
541
$355,164
$27,238
7.7
8
$3,405
2008
541
$291,633
$25,483
8.7
8
$3,185
2007
541
$233,214
$22,204
9.5
8
$2,776
2006
541
$232,000
$27,863
12
8
$3,483
2005
541
$168,230
$22,087
13.1
8
$2,761
2004
541
$276,170
$25,051
9.1
7
$3,579
2003
541
$603,077
$21,332
3.5
8
$2,666
2002
541
$188,789
$20,657
10.9
8
$2,582
2001
541
$182,683
$20,732
11.3
8
$2,592
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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