That's a decrease of 3.5 percent from 2016, when the village spent $396,129, or $1,991 per household.
Benson has 199 households and a population of 423.
Since 2001, the Village of Benson budget has grown by 68.6 percent, from $226,699. The village population has fallen six percent over the same period, from 450.
Salaries accounted for 9.6 percent of village spending in 2017. Benson property taxpayers paid $36,726 for 18 part-time employees, or an average of $2,040 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
423
$382,250
$36,726
9.6
18
$2,040
2016
423
$396,129
$39,432
10
18
$2,191
2015
423
$428,881
$37,787
8.8
18
$2,099
2014
423
$319,779
$39,143
12.2
10
$3,914
2013
423
$339,479
$34,093
10
10
$3,409
2012
423
$352,229
$36,500
10.4
10
$3,650
2011
408
$391,614
$35,822
9.1
10
$3,582
2010
408
$306,690
$35,866
11.7
10
$3,587
2009
408
$241,160
$23,260
9.6
10
$2,326
2008
408
$205,571
$15,313
7.4
10
$1,531
2007
408
$249,601
$10,943
4.4
10
$1,094
2006
420
$233,341
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2005
420
$200,850
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2004
420
$211,105
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2003
420
$193,004
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2002
450
$256,886
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2001
450
$226,699
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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