That's an increase of one percent from 2016, when the city spent $153,246.
Marion has a population of 225.
Since 2001, the City of Marion budget has fallen by 4.7 percent, from $162,357. The city population has grown 12.5 percent over the same period, from 200.
Salaries accounted for 6.7 percent of city spending in 2017. Marion property taxpayers paid $10,399 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $945 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had three part-time employees and spent $11,440, or $3,813 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
225
$154,739
$10,399
6.7
11
$945
2016
225
$153,246
$10,668
7
11
$970
2015
223
$146,877
$10,282
7
11
$935
2014
233
$139,561
$10,245
7.3
11
$931
2013
233
$135,818
$10,363
7.6
10
$1,036
2012
233
$168,801
$10,611
6.3
10
$1,061
2011
233
$160,065
$10,803
6.7
10
$1,080
2010
233
$161,479
$11,098
6.9
10
$1,110
2009
233
$159,028
$11,267
7.1
10
$1,127
2008
233
$151,043
$11,308
7.5
10
$1,131
2007
232
$207,427
$11,706
5.6
10
$1,171
2006
232
$190,971
$11,950
6.3
10
$1,195
2005
240
$189,184
$10,570
5.6
2
$5,285
2004
240
$124,113
$10,896
8.8
3
$3,632
2003
240
$124,923
$10,956
8.8
3
$3,652
2002
200
$165,607
$11,383
6.9
3
$3,794
2001
200
$162,357
$11,440
7
3
$3,813
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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