That's a decrease of 3.9 percent from 2016, when the city spent $249,140, or $39 per household.
Lake Forest has 6,403 households and a population of 246.
Since 2001, the City of Lake Forest budget has grown by 69.4 percent, from $141,274. The city population has fallen 18 percent over the same period, from 300.
Salaries accounted for 23.8 percent of city spending in 2017. Lake Forest property taxpayers paid $56,858 for 22 part-time employees, or an average of $2,584 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had 16 part-time employees and spent $26,994, or $1,687 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
246
$239,384
$56,858
23.8
22
$2,584
2016
246
$249,140
$59,538
23.9
17
$3,502
2015
246
$243,992
$50,056
20.5
16
$3,129
2014
246
$241,819
$41,895
17.3
13
$3,223
2013
340
$238,246
$36,927
15.5
12
$3,077
2012
340
$221,036
$41,092
18.6
15
$2,739
2011
340
$204,814
$39,132
19.1
16
$2,446
2010
320
$207,360
$31,711
15.3
16
$1,982
2009
320
$224,055
$33,907
15.1
16
$2,119
2008
325
$193,050
$29,119
15.1
17
$1,713
2007
325
$208,742
$32,153
15.4
21
$1,531
2006
345
$294,550
$35,346
12
20
$1,767
2005
345
$283,668
$33,756
11.9
18
$1,875
2004
340
$168,840
$34,662
20.5
17
$2,039
2003
320
$172,040
$37,080
21.6
18
$2,060
2002
306
$151,200
$29,634
19.6
17
$1,743
2001
300
$141,274
$26,994
19.1
16
$1,687
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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