That's a decrease of 7.3 percent from 2016, when the city spent $33.34 million, or $3,795 per household.
Belvidere has 8,785 households and a population of 25,585.
Since 2001, the City of Belvidere budget has grown by 135.2 percent, from $13.14 million. The city population has grown 22.9 percent over the same period, from 20,820.
Salaries accounted for 31.5 percent of city spending in 2017. Belvidere property taxpayers paid $9.74 million for 115 full-time employees and 13 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 101 full-time employees and 27 part-time employees, and spent $6.70 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
25,585
$30,920,620
$9,736,143
31.5
128
$76,064
2016
25,585
$33,342,154
$9,879,888
29.6
128
$77,187
2015
25,585
$29,951,971
$9,965,926
33.3
128
$77,859
2014
25,585
$24,981,693
$9,063,319
36.3
128
$70,807
2013
25,585
$25,158,443
$8,762,939
34.8
149
$58,812
2012
25,585
$24,770,000
$8,926,560
36
161
$55,444
2011
25,585
$26,730,939
$9,575,553
35.8
173
$55,350
2010
23,352
$29,680,790
$8,669,154
29.2
152
$57,034
2009
23,352
$30,882,585
$10,386,028
33.6
163
$63,718
2008
23,352
$32,296,382
$9,416,944
29.2
170
$55,394
2007
23,352
$28,689,041
$9,136,623
31.8
168
$54,385
2006
23,352
$24,801,719
$8,105,244
32.7
156
$51,957
2005
23,352
$28,725,094
$7,475,351
26
152
$49,180
2004
20,820
$20,771,972
$7,759,373
37.4
148
$52,428
2003
20,820
$15,718,386
$7,086,829
45.1
152
$46,624
2002
20,820
$14,209,397
$7,051,376
49.6
130
$54,241
2001
20,820
$13,144,567
$6,698,293
51
128
$52,330
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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