That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $4.03 million, or $9,173 per household.
Tower Lakes has 439 households and a population of 1,264.
Since 2001, the Village of Tower Lakes budget has grown by 65.1 percent, from $2.37 million. The village population has fallen 3.5 percent over the same period, from 1,310.
Salaries accounted for 6.3 percent of village spending in 2017. Tower Lakes property taxpayers paid $247,392 for 21 part-time employees, or an average of $11,781 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 20 part-time employees and spent $186,652, or $9,333 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,264
$3,911,700
$247,392
6.3
21
$11,781
2016
1,283
$4,026,750
$247,926
6.2
21
$11,806
2015
1,283
$4,065,100
$240,368
5.9
21
$11,446
2014
12,580
$4,065,100
$245,502
6
23
$10,674
2013
12,830
$4,390,200
$233,847
5.3
18
$12,992
2012
1,283
$4,430,850
$227,920
5.1
21
$10,853
2011
1,320
$4,480,450
$228,657
5.1
18
$12,703
2010
1,330
$4,098,300
$231,702
5.7
19
$12,195
2009
1,309
$3,972,150
$232,047
5.8
21
$11,050
2008
1,309
$3,469,050
$235,219
6.8
21
$11,201
2007
1,327
$3,007,300
$258,650
8.6
27
$9,580
2006
1,329
$2,406,250
$239,209
9.9
25
$9,568
2005
1,400
$2,359,500
$210,917
8.9
26
$8,112
2004
1,400
$2,432,100
$195,908
8.1
23
$8,518
2003
1,400
$2,128,400
$241,476
11.3
26
$9,288
2002
1,310
$2,205,000
$225,362
10.2
26
$8,668
2001
1,310
$2,369,980
$186,652
7.9
20
$9,333
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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