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The price of local government: City of Venice

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The City of Venice budget was $4.58 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $8,295.51 per household.

That's a decrease of one percent from 2014, when the city spent $4.62 million, or $8,376.84 per household.

Venice has 552 households and a population of 1,890.

Since 2001, the City of Venice budget has fallen by 38.3 percent, from $7.42 million. The city population has fallen 46 percent over the same period, from 3,500.

Salaries accounted for 22.2 percent of city spending in 2015. Venice property taxpayers paid $1.01 million for 23 full-time employees and 22 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 40 full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $854,947.13.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
1,890
$4,579,119.66
$1,014,836.76
22.2
45
$22,551.92
2014
1,890
$4,624,012.99
$1,023,905.49
22.1
48
$21,331.36
2013
1,890
$4,705,123.28
$1,109,638.40
23.6
48
$23,117.46
2012
2,528
$4,736,323.80
$1,054,689.40
22.3
48
$21,972.69
2011
2,528
$4,786,268.40
$1,012,060.44
21.1
48
$21,084.59
2010
2,528
$4,566,795.30
$966,334.92
21.2
48
$20,131.97
2009
2,528
$4,417,203.90
$921,238.15
20.9
48
$19,192.46
2008
2,528
$3,545,962.60
$940,922.75
26.5
48
$19,602.55
2007
2,528
$4,114,094.40
$872,886.69
21.2
48
$18,185.13
2006
2,580
$3,485,762.40
$877,304.40
25.2
47
$18,666.05
2005
2,580
$3,446,671.76
$779,499.96
22.6
47
$16,585.10
2004
3,500
$4,010,419.08
$799,612.95
19.9
47
$17,013.04
2003
3,500
$4,532,882.64
$752,547.84
16.6
47
$16,011.65
2002
2,580
$6,861,693.60
$833,869.35
12.2
37
$22,537
2001
3,500
$7,421,784.57
$854,947.13
11.5
47
$18,190.36

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

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