That's a decrease of 4.4 percent from 2014, when the village spent $676,318.60, or $1,690.80 per household.
Ridgway has 400 households and a population of 869.
Since 2001, the Village of Ridgway budget has fallen by 20.5 percent, from $813,537.51. The village population has fallen 21.2 percent over the same period, from 1,103.
Salaries accounted for 29.8 percent of village spending in 2015. Ridgway property taxpayers paid $193,027.86 for five full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had eight full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $222,703.09.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
869
$646,783.02
$193,027.86
29.8
11
$17,547.98
2014
869
$676,318.60
$174,767.31
25.8
9
$19,418.59
2013
869
$512,570.24
$187,828.16
36.6
9
$20,869.79
2012
869
$514,248.40
$183,547.48
35.7
9
$20,394.16
2011
869
$516,391.20
$194,763.96
37.7
21
$9,274.47
2010
928
$523,242.90
$193,978.05
37.1
20
$9,698.90
2009
928
$586,752.50
$207,707.56
35.4
7
$29,672.50
2008
928
$532,670.70
$214,212.97
40.2
9
$23,801.44
2007
928
$760,500
$215,650.89
28.4
17
$12,685.34
2006
928
$960,000
$218,574
22.8
15
$14,571.60
2005
928
$1,026,463.32
$208,828.40
20.3
15
$13,921.89
2004
928
$995,336.91
$206,895.36
20.8
9
$22,988.37
2003
928
$970,314.84
$171,699
17.7
9
$19,077.66
2002
1,103
$1,012,500
$227,942.10
22.5
25
$9,117.68
2001
1,103
$813,537.51
$222,703.09
27.4
12
$18,558.59
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.