That's a decrease of 22.6 percent from 2014, when the village spent $612,252.60, or $2,986.60 per household.
Melvin has 205 households and a population of 452.
Since 2001, the Village of Melvin budget has fallen by 5.4 percent, from $501,017.22. The village population has fallen 9.6 percent over the same period, from 500.
Salaries accounted for 12.3 percent of village spending in 2015. Melvin property taxpayers paid $58,246.08 for 14 part-time employees, or an average of $4,160.43 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one part-time employee and spent $20,344.50, or $20,344.50 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
452
$473,871.60
$58,246.08
12.3
14
$4,160.43
2014
452
$612,252.60
$46,319.10
7.6
14
$3,308.50
2013
452
$438,984
$49,234.64
11.2
14
$3,516.76
2012
452
$447,805.48
$49,496.70
11.1
14
$3,535.47
2011
452
$499,627.44
$45,312.48
9.1
13
$3,485.57
2010
466
$484,792.50
$41,915.82
8.6
12
$3,492.98
2009
466
$484,686.38
$37,649.34
7.8
12
$3,137.44
2008
466
$472,648.49
$34,276.29
7.3
12
$2,856.35
2007
466
$641,309.76
$26,188.11
4.1
3
$8,729.37
2006
466
$501,525.60
$30,368.40
6.1
3
$10,122.80
2005
466
$1,251,060.80
$26,736.88
2.1
3
$8,912.29
2004
466
$2,489,122.08
$30,624.60
1.2
3
$10,208.19
2003
466
$567,982.80
$20,164.32
3.6
3
$6,721.44
2002
466
$487,128.60
$16,621.20
3.4
3
$5,540.40
2001
500
$501,017.22
$20,344.50
4.1
1
$20,344.50
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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