That's a decrease of 4.6 percent from 2014, when the village spent $2.48 million, or $3,412.48 per household.
Ford Heights has 726 households and a population of 2,782.
Since 2012, the Village of Ford Heights budget has fallen by 5.8 percent, from $2.51 million. The village population has grown 0.7 percent over the same period, from 2,763.
Salaries accounted for 25.4 percent of village spending in 2015. Ford Heights property taxpayers paid $599,329.56 for 11 full-time employees and 23 part-time employees.
In 2012, the village had 21 full-time employees and spent $534,496.52, or $25,452.22 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,782
$2,362,808.58
$599,329.56
25.4
34
$17,627.33
2014
2,763
$2,477,456.94
$521,543.59
21.1
21
$24,835.40
2013
2,778
$2,340,461.76
$425,114.56
18.2
28
$15,182.66
2012
2,763
$2,509,550
$534,496.52
21.3
21
$25,452.21
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.