That's a decrease of three percent from 2016, when the city spent $63.76 million, or $6,710 per household.
East Peoria has 9,503 households and a population of 22,939.
Since 2001, the City of East Peoria budget has grown by 6.7 percent, from $57.94 million. The city population has grown 1.3 percent over the same period, from 22,638.
Salaries accounted for 21.9 percent of city spending in 2017. East Peoria property taxpayers paid $13.53 million for 165 full-time employees and 84 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 166 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees, and spent $11.26 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
22,939
$61,829,594
$13,529,879
21.9
249
$54,337
2016
23,080
$63,763,810
$13,680,297
21.5
304
$45,001
2015
23,402
$64,554,952
$13,324,565
20.6
302
$44,121
2014
23,402
$60,329,676
$12,980,970
21.5
285
$45,547
2013
23,402
$65,047,230
$15,053,545
23.1
264
$57,021
2012
23,402
$63,878,397
$14,432,228
22.6
271
$53,255
2011
23,402
$65,753,523
$14,399,593
21.9
271
$53,135
2010
23,140
$65,130,616
$14,141,871
21.7
272
$51,992
2009
23,140
$65,648,934
$13,413,777
20.4
272
$49,315
2008
22,701
$61,908,561
$10,537,795
17
213
$49,473
2007
23,140
$64,469,314
$10,683,623
16.6
220
$48,562
2006
22,638
$66,501,324
$7,055,016
10.6
220
$32,068
2005
22,638
$65,469,495
$13,118,082
20
220
$59,628
2004
22,638
$67,623,904
$13,612,718
20.1
220
$61,876
2003
22,638
$68,680,000
$11,564,950
16.8
352
$32,855
2002
22,638
$57,642,340
$11,104,932
19.3
326
$34,064
2001
22,638
$57,938,840
$11,263,573
19.4
216
$52,146
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.