That's an increase of 8.3 percent from 2014, when the city spent $38.52 million, or $5,856.97 per household.
Zion has 6,577 households and a population of 24,413.
Since 2001, the City of Zion budget has grown by 31 percent, from $31.84 million. The city population has grown 6.8 percent over the same period, from 22,866.
Salaries accounted for 25.4 percent of city spending in 2015. Zion property taxpayers paid $10.60 million for 130 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 125 full-time employees and 21 part-time employees, and spent $9.12 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
24,413
$41,728,589.64
$10,604,521.80
25.4
165
$64,269.82
2014
24,413
$38,521,316.08
$10,450,519.05
27.1
161
$64,910.05
2013
24,362
$42,142,074
$10,361,528.32
24.6
153
$67,722.40
2012
24,413
$44,976,860
$10,560,788.48
23.5
140
$75,434.20
2011
24,413
$42,898,200.48
$10,170,214.20
23.7
170
$59,824.78
2010
24,413
$48,275,286.39
$10,728,457.47
22.2
151
$71,049.38
2009
22,866
$50,474,199.29
$10,758,110.76
21.3
148
$72,689.93
2008
22,866
$50,474,199.29
$11,213,930.16
22.2
158
$70,974.24
2007
24,895
$43,375,483.71
$10,032,848.28
23.1
173
$57,993.34
2006
22,880
$51,522,292.80
$10,878,198
21.1
155
$70,181.92
2005
22,866
$54,674,700
$12,805,069.56
23.4
135
$94,852.36
2004
22,866
$48,358,939.50
$10,979,276.43
22.7
183
$59,996.04
2003
22,866
$61,905,457.68
$10,294,848.96
16.6
139
$74,063.66
2002
22,866
$39,042,000
$9,564,076.35
24.5
147
$65,061.74
2001
22,866
$31,843,732
$9,119,896.83
28.6
146
$62,465.04
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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