That's an increase of 5.7 percent from 2014, when the city spent $9.26 million, or $4,216.31 per household.
Beardstown has 2,196 households and a population of 5,960.
Since 2001, the City of Beardstown budget has grown by 98.6 percent, from $4.93 million. The city population has grown 12.5 percent over the same period, from 5,300.
Salaries accounted for 19.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Beardstown property taxpayers paid $1.92 million for 46 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had one full-time employee and one part-time employee, and spent $763,183.16.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
5,960
$9,790,883.10
$1,923,572.10
19.6
65
$29,593.41
2014
5,960
$9,259,017.11
$1,895,792.25
20.5
65
$29,166.03
2013
6,400
$8,640,430.24
$1,903,617.04
22
75
$25,381.56
2012
6,400
$16,519,495.80
$1,785,614.52
10.8
75
$23,808.19
2011
6,100
$15,317,449.92
$2,009,122.92
13.1
75
$26,788.30
2010
5,800
$18,788,153.04
$1,975,483.65
10.5
77
$25,655.63
2009
5,800
$20,369,113.32
$1,939,107.12
9.5
77
$25,183.20
2008
5,800
$15,771,147.84
$1,952,256.93
12.4
77
$25,353.98
2007
5,766
$14,924,993.85
$1,906,808.67
12.8
73
$26,120.66
2006
5,766
$9,298,592.40
$1,929,963.60
20.8
73
$26,437.85
2005
6,600
$6,579,826.88
$2,015,992
30.6
48
$41,999.83
2004
6,600
$7,645,642.95
$1,963,376.13
25.7
48
$40,903.66
2003
6,600
$5,561,388.36
$1,893,974.28
34.1
48
$39,457.79
2002
6,600
$7,294,226.85
$1,851,184.80
25.4
48
$38,566.35
2001
5,300
$4,928,876.40
$763,183.16
15.5
2
$381,591.58
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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