That's a decrease of 10.2 percent from 2014, when the city spent $12.32 million, or $5,156.31 per household.
Harvard has 2,390 households and a population of 9,500.
Since 2001, the City of Harvard budget has grown by 47.7 percent, from $7.50 million. The city population has grown 18.8 percent over the same period, from 7,996.
Salaries accounted for 33.1 percent of city spending in 2015. Harvard property taxpayers paid $3.66 million for 49 full-time employees and 65 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 52 full-time employees and 30 part-time employees, and spent $3.02 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
9,500
$11,069,489.82
$3,663,186.18
33.1
114
$32,133.21
2014
9,500
$12,323,577.14
$3,628,051.40
29.4
108
$33,593.06
2013
9,500
$12,069,576.48
$3,585,974.08
29.7
132
$27,166.47
2012
10,000
$9,732,069.88
$3,457,787.84
35.5
97
$35,647.29
2011
10,000
$11,525,346.36
$3,741,409.44
32.5
97
$38,571.23
2010
10,000
$7,851,124.35
$3,517,728.75
44.8
81
$43,428.75
2009
9,000
$8,957,940.53
$3,521,513.92
39.3
73
$48,239.91
2008
9,000
$10,141,362.41
$3,976,022.52
39.2
88
$45,182.07
2005
7,996
$7,785,104.40
$3,124,297.80
40.1
79
$39,548.07
2004
7,996
$8,312,392.35
$3,124,858.59
37.6
79
$39,555.17
2003
7,996
$13,974,954.84
$3,229,244.04
23.1
72
$44,850.61
2002
7,996
$14,003,617.50
$3,196,656.90
22.8
72
$44,398.01
2001
7,996
$7,495,433.03
$3,023,080.36
40.3
82
$36,866.83
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.