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The price of local government in 2017: City of Batavia

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The City of Batavia budget was $129.30 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $14,581 per household.

That's an increase of 30.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $99.35 million, or $11,203 per household.

Batavia has 8,868 households and a population of 26,045.

Since 2001, the City of Batavia budget has grown by 124.7 percent, from $57.55 million. The city population has grown 9.1 percent over the same period, from 23,866.

Salaries accounted for 12.9 percent of city spending in 2017. Batavia property taxpayers paid $16.67 million for 157 full-time employees and 61 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 152 full-time employees and 54 part-time employees, and spent $12.91 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
26,045
$129,301,021
$16,667,172
12.9
218
$76,455
2016
26,045
$99,348,669
$16,569,415
16.7
216
$76,710
2015
26,045
$98,209,003
$16,026,760
16.3
209
$76,683
2014
26,045
$96,749,774
$16,024,927
16.6
212
$75,589
2013
26,045
$97,113,252
$16,159,045
16.6
212
$76,222
2012
26,045
$98,084,100
$15,942,186
16.3
209
$76,278
2011
26,045
$85,251,787
$16,012,708
18.8
214
$74,826
2010
26,045
$77,459,805
$16,526,385
21.3
203
$81,411
2009
25,264
$81,662,829
$17,663,139
21.6
217
$81,397
2008
24,978
$81,954,685
$17,779,308
21.7
228
$77,979
2007
24,978
$100,290,350
$18,043,676
18
222
$81,278
2006
24,978
$79,754,206
$16,521,909
20.7
218
$75,789
2005
10
$71,210,322
$16,107,408
22.6
20
$805,370
2004
24,978
$63,239,801
$9,692,099
15.3
213
$45,503
2003
24,978
$60,767,093
$14,601,983
24
199
$73,377
2002
23,866
$60,481,184
$14,083,709
23.3
199
$70,772
2001
23,866
$57,546,785
$12,906,829
22.4
206
$62,655

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

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