That's a decrease of 48.4 percent from 2014, when the village spent $185,475.19, or $817.07 per household.
Bismarck has 227 households and a population of 568.
Since 2001, the Village of Bismarck budget has fallen by 2.3 percent, from $97,955. The village population has grown 2.2 percent over the same period, from 556.
Salaries accounted for 14.5 percent of village spending in 2015. Bismarck property taxpayers paid $13,865.88 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $924.39 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
568
$95,661.72
$13,865.88
14.5
15
$924.39
2014
579
$185,475.19
$14,539.48
7.8
15
$969.29
2013
579
$88,691.20
$3,290.56
3.7
3
$1,096.85
2012
570
$82,858.08
$962.48
1.2
1
$962.48
2011
600
$83,030.40
$18,729.36
22.6
13
$1,440.72
2010
550
$205,464.33
$20,109.87
9.8
13
$1,546.91
2009
550
$232,156.24
$19,875.57
8.6
13
$1,528.89
2007
550
$135,269.55
$17,316
12.8
13
$1,332
2006
550
$200,134.80
$15,886.80
7.9
13
$1,222.06
2005
550
$227,631.76
$13,853.28
6.1
12
$1,154.44
2004
556
$316,803.36
$6,068.16
1.9
11
$551.65
2003
556
$208,560
$4,051.08
1.9
9
$450.12
2002
556
$88,634.25
$1,846.80
2.1
2
$923.40
2001
556
$97,955
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All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.