That's an increase of 5.1 percent from 2014, when the village spent $115,638.10, or $628.47 per household.
Belgium has 184 households and a population of 450.
Since 2001, the Village of Belgium budget has grown by 345.6 percent, from $27,263. The village population has fallen 11.9 percent over the same period, from 511.
Salaries accounted for 36.5 percent of village spending in 2015. Belgium property taxpayers paid $44,381.22 for six part-time employees, or an average of $7,396.87 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and four part-time employees, and spent $78,399.62.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
450
$121,492.20
$44,381.22
36.5
6
$7,396.86
2014
450
$115,638.10
$48,852.90
42.2
5
$9,770.58
2013
450
$116,147.20
$49,111.92
42.3
6
$8,185.32
2012
450
$139,273.40
$41,766.12
30
7
$5,966.58
2011
459
$108,972
$38,480.40
35.3
6
$6,413.39
2010
404
$121,547.22
$49,958.88
41.1
5
$9,991.77
2009
500
$137,690.50
$42,097.02
30.6
7
$6,013.86
2008
500
$144,696.50
$36,035.70
24.9
9
$4,003.96
2007
500
$153,574.20
$44,223.66
28.8
12
$3,685.30
2006
500
$173,706
$50,431.20
29
12
$4,202.60
2004
500
$150,822.93
$43,825.17
29.1
12
$3,652.09
2003
511
$125,330.04
$46,555.08
37.1
5
$9,311.01
2002
511
$156,308.40
$48,581.10
31.1
5
$9,716.22
2001
511
$27,263
$78,399.62
287.6
5
$15,679.92
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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