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The price of local government in 2017: City of Farmington

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The City of Farmington budget was $3.27 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 3.7 percent from 2016, when the city spent $3.40 million.

Farmington has a population of 2,448.

Since 2001, the City of Farmington budget has grown by 40.8 percent, from $2.32 million. The city population has fallen 5.9 percent over the same period, from 2,601.

Salaries accounted for 19.4 percent of city spending in 2017. Farmington property taxpayers paid $633,639 for 12 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 12 full-time employees and 13 part-time employees, and spent $560,035.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,448
$3,273,341
$633,639
19.4
22
$28,802
2016
2,448
$3,400,688
$667,215
19.6
22
$30,328
2015
2,448
$3,049,631
$645,665
21.2
18
$35,870
2014
2,448
$2,926,609
$608,993
20.8
19
$32,052
2013
2,448
$2,356,463
$593,983
25.2
19
$31,262
2012
2,448
$2,389,597
$535,226
22.4
28
$19,115
2011
2,448
$2,543,155
$463,889
18.2
21
$22,090
2010
2,427
$2,369,273
$462,032
19.5
19
$24,317
2009
2,601
$2,751,945
$558,028
20.3
23
$24,262
2008
2,601
$2,261,417
$554,195
24.5
23
$24,095
2007
2,600
$2,686,257
$556,505
20.7
31
$17,952
2006
2,600
$4,061,739
$656,003
16.2
22
$29,818
2005
2,510
$3,029,242
$621,488
20.5
22
$28,249
2004
2,601
$3,884,995
$615,853
15.9
25
$24,634
2003
2,554
$2,200,540
$573,164
26
30
$19,105
2002
2,601
$2,293,001
$595,658
26
25
$23,826
2001
2,601
$2,324,205
$560,035
24.1
25
$22,401

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

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