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The price of local government: City of Christopher

Budget 02

The City of Christopher budget was $3.73 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $3,175.97 per household.

That's a decrease of one percent from 2014, when the city spent $3.77 million, or $3,207.10 per household.

Christopher has 1,174 households and a population of 2,885.

Since 2001, the City of Christopher budget has grown by 76.9 percent, from $2.11 million. The city population has grown 3.6 percent over the same period, from 2,785.

Salaries accounted for 14.2 percent of city spending in 2015. Christopher property taxpayers paid $529,387.14 for 20 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 11 full-time employees and 46 part-time employees, and spent $503,764.07.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,885
$3,728,584.50
$529,387.14
14.2
32
$16,543.34
2014
2,885
$3,765,139.25
$541,227.92
14.4
32
$16,913.37
2013
2,885
$3,898,544
$546,474.24
14
32
$17,077.32
2012
2,885
$3,762,046
$548,957.04
14.6
32
$17,154.90
2011
2,885
$4,051,890
$572,403.24
14.1
32
$17,887.60
2010
2,885
$4,091,293.50
$595,539.42
14.6
32
$18,610.60
2009
2,885
$3,879,572.50
$556,122.72
14.3
32
$17,378.83
2008
2,885
$3,908,331
$458,924.64
11.7
32
$14,341.39
2007
2,885
$3,220,015.50
$524,122.56
16.3
32
$16,378.83
2006
2,885
$3,129,120
$487,686
15.6
32
$15,240.18
2005
2,885
$3,264,920
$500,044.88
15.3
32
$15,626.40
2004
2,885
$3,447,525
$490,379.31
14.2
32
$15,324.35
2003
2,885
$995,346
$536,945.64
53.9
32
$16,779.55
2002
2,885
$5,190,345
$538,127.55
10.4
32
$16,816.48
2001
2,785
$2,107,449.08
$503,764.07
23.9
57
$8,837.96

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

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