That's an increase of 25.1 percent from 2016, when the city spent $1.13 million.
Sumner has a population of 3,200.
Since 2001, the City of Sumner budget has grown by 70.3 percent, from $831,304. The city population has grown 190.9 percent over the same period, from 1,100.
Salaries accounted for 19.9 percent of city spending in 2017. Sumner property taxpayers paid $281,369 for seven full-time employees and 11 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had seven full-time employees and six part-time employees, and spent $273,492.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,200
$1,415,760
$281,369
19.9
18
$15,632
2016
3,200
$1,131,575
$290,013
25.6
18
$16,112
2015
3,200
$1,141,568
$285,783
25
18
$15,877
2014
2,142
$681,580
$327,098
48
23
$14,222
2013
2,142
$1,189,638
$297,261
25
18
$16,515
2012
2,142
$1,209,355
$301,918
25
25
$12,077
2011
2,142
$1,014,203
$275,153
27.1
22
$12,507
2010
2,142
$1,084,653
$284,155
26.2
26
$10,929
2009
2,142
$1,281,770
$289,027
22.5
18
$16,057
2008
2,142
$1,223,060
$271,982
22.2
18
$15,110
2007
2,142
$1,189,061
$266,008
22.4
24
$11,084
2006
2,142
$1,070,274
$241,128
22.5
32
$7,535
2005
2,142
$1,019,867
$223,159
21.9
33
$6,762
2004
2,142
$944,031
$222,945
23.6
27
$8,257
2003
1,100
$4,415,565
$254,082
5.8
8
$31,760
2002
1,100
$892,094
$253,326
28.4
23
$11,014
2001
1,100
$831,304
$273,492
32.9
13
$21,038
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.