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The price of local government in 2017: City of Georgetown

Budget 05

The City of Georgetown budget was $71,691 for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 27.5 percent from 2016, when the city spent $98,834.

Georgetown has a population of 3,500.

Since 2001, the City of Georgetown budget has fallen by 93.8 percent, from $1.15 million. The city population has fallen 3.5 percent over the same period, from 3,628.

Salaries accounted for 1000 percent of city spending in 2017. Georgetown property taxpayers paid $728,962 for 15 full-time employees and five part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had nine full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $662,955.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,500
$71,691
$728,962
1016.8
20
$36,448
2016
3,500
$98,834
$805,725
815.2
20
$40,286
2015
3,421
$851,654
$661,690
77.7
20
$33,085
2014
3,421
$804,642
$657,961
81.8
20
$32,898
2013
3,436
$784,052
$592,527
75.6
27
$21,945
2012
3,700
$2,192,243
$644,781
29.4
25
$25,791
2011
3,678
$792,301
$631,837
79.7
28
$22,566
2010
3,628
$884,940
$604,889
68.4
36
$16,802
2009
3,628
$1,036,404
$611,669
59
38
$16,097
2008
3,628
$1,005,012
$595,592
59.3
38
$15,673
2007
3,628
$1,028,781
$591,362
57.5
31
$19,076
2006
3,628
$966,194
$596,753
61.8
31
$19,250
2005
3,628
$946,825
$591,430
62.5
22
$26,883
2004
3,628
$989,855
$650,421
65.7
24
$27,101
2003
3,628
$885,707
$621,603
70.2
24
$25,900
2002
3,628
$1,226,903
$649,523
52.9
24
$27,063
2001
3,628
$1,152,952
$662,955
57.5
24
$27,623

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

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