That's an increase of 32.8 percent from 2014, when the village spent $310,728.34, or $1,561.45 per household.
Benson has 199 households and a population of 423.
Since 2001, the Village of Benson budget has grown by 88.7 percent, from $218,716.39. The village population has fallen six percent over the same period, from 450.
Salaries accounted for 8.8 percent of village spending in 2015. Benson property taxpayers paid $36,360.96 for 18 part-time employees, or an average of $2,020.05 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
423
$412,697.10
$36,360.96
8.8
18
$2,020.05
2014
423
$310,728.34
$38,034.81
12.2
10
$3,803.48
2013
423
$326,905.28
$32,830.72
10
10
$3,283.07
2012
423
$342,534.76
$35,495.16
10.4
10
$3,549.51
2011
408
$374,285.88
$34,237.08
9.1
10
$3,423.70
2010
408
$298,618.86
$34,921.71
11.7
10
$3,492.17
2009
408
$232,915.60
$22,464.40
9.6
10
$2,246.44
2008
408
$198,543.26
$14,789.44
7.4
10
$1,478.94
2007
408
$239,371.47
$10,494.90
4.4
10
$1,049.49
2006
420
$224,007.60
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2005
420
$191,580
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2004
420
$203,227.89
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2003
420
$187,327.80
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2002
450
$247,711.50
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2001
450
$218,716.39
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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