That's an increase of 0.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $225.95 million, or $37,218.20 per household.
Sterling has 6,071 households and a population of 155,960.
Since 2001, the City of Sterling budget has grown by 1079 percent, from $19.25 million. The city population has grown 909.4 percent over the same period, from 15,451.
Salaries accounted for 2.7 percent of city spending in 2015. Sterling property taxpayers paid $6.04 million for five full-time employees and 89 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 111 full-time employees and 80 part-time employees, and spent $6.06 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
155,960
$226,961,686.14
$6,044,406.78
2.7
94
$64,302.19
2014
15,596
$225,951,699.46
$6,261,698.57
2.8
183
$34,216.93
2013
15,596
$257,303,022.08
$6,181,038.24
2.4
195
$31,697.63
2012
15,596
$227,994,630.44
$6,060,189.60
2.7
193
$31,399.94
2011
15,596
$183,534,178.32
$6,171,487.20
3.4
185
$33,359.39
2010
15,596
$22,667,985.99
$6,474,008.40
28.6
183
$35,377.09
2009
15,596
$21,597,987.19
$6,602,208.06
30.6
188
$35,118.12
2008
15,596
$21,202,666.86
$6,312,554.03
29.8
188
$33,577.41
2007
15,596
$22,350,873.87
$6,349,847.40
28.4
196
$32,397.18
2006
15,596
$22,974,452.40
$6,271,639.20
27.3
181
$34,649.94
2005
15,596
$19,411,294.80
$6,348,338.72
32.7
133
$47,731.87
2004
15,596
$19,508,641.62
$6,396,236.67
32.8
133
$48,092
2003
15,596
$19,912,775.52
$6,399,294
32.1
141
$45,385.06
2002
15,596
$19,678,491
$6,310,905.75
32.1
141
$44,758.19
2001
15,451
$19,250,779.68
$6,059,474.38
31.5
191
$31,724.99
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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