That's a decrease of 16.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $498,829, or $2,818.24 per household.
Dalton has 177 households and a population of 600.
Since 2001, the Village of Dalton City budget has fallen by 47.6 percent, from $793,709.50. The city population has grown 4.7 percent over the same period, from 573.
Salaries accounted for 14.5 percent of city spending in 2015. Dalton property taxpayers paid $60,460.50 for two full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had two full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $81,854.76.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
600
$416,160
$60,460.50
14.5
10
$6,046.05
2014
600
$498,829
$51,683.34
10.4
12
$4,306.94
2013
600
$489,320
$56,637.36
11.6
12
$4,719.78
2012
600
$326,533
$53,903.12
16.5
11
$4,900.28
2011
600
$320,355
$56,876.04
17.8
14
$4,062.57
2010
600
$805,083
$58,494.78
7.3
15
$3,899.65
2009
600
$822,979
$70,504.09
8.6
12
$5,875.34
2008
600
$819,589
$71,327.86
8.7
12
$5,943.98
2007
600
$848,601
$76,099.14
9
12
$6,341.59
2006
600
$1,079,280
$87,240
8.1
12
$7,269.99
2005
581
$1,113,396
$80,879
7.3
11
$7,352.63
2004
573
$1,117,849.50
$82,151.07
7.3
10
$8,215.10
2003
573
$1,166,022
$81,804.36
7
10
$8,180.43
2002
573
$786,847.50
$85,363.20
10.8
10
$8,536.32
2001
573
$793,709.50
$81,854.76
10.3
10
$8,185.47
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.