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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The price of local government: City of Auburn

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The City of Auburn budget was $6.12 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $3,508.76 per household.

That's an increase of 0.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $6.08 million, or $3,489.47 per household.

Auburn has 1,743 households and a population of 4,771.

Since 2001, the City of Auburn budget has fallen by 30.1 percent, from $8.75 million. The city population has grown 25.6 percent over the same period, from 3,800.

Salaries accounted for 15 percent of city spending in 2015. Auburn property taxpayers paid $919,503.48 for 23 full-time employees and 34 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 20 full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $748,396.75.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
4,771
$6,115,767
$919,503.48
15
57
$16,131.63
2014
4,771
$6,082,150
$1,068,295.40
17.6
58
$18,418.88
2013
4,771
$7,567,300
$952,628.56
12.6
63
$15,121.08
2012
4,317
$7,697,190
$948,282.36
12.3
63
$15,052.10
2011
4,317
$7,641,000
$480,732.84
6.3
63
$7,630.67
2010
4,317
$8,299,470
$961,505.31
11.6
63
$15,261.98
2009
4,317
$8,384,600
$710,530.44
8.5
63
$11,278.26
2008
3,800
$83,693,450
$493,241.61
0.6
24
$20,551.73
2007
3,800
$7,632,495
$774,276.75
10.1
24
$32,261.53
2006
4,500
$7,062,000
$861,874.80
12.2
24
$35,911.44
2005
3,800
$8,907,850
$785,909.52
8.8
24
$32,746.23
2004
3,800
$94,438,495.44
$889,613.67
0.9
24
$37,067.23
2003
3,800
$6,579,375
$890,893.08
13.5
24
$37,120.54
2002
3,800
$9,638,156.25
$818,114.85
8.5
24
$34,088.11
2001
3,800
$8,754,300
$748,396.75
8.5
24
$31,183.19

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

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