Quantcast

Lake County Gazette

Friday, April 11, 2025

The price of local government in 2017: Village of Island Lake

Budget 08

The Village of Island Lake budget was $8.18 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 22.4 percent from 2016, when the village spent $10.54 million.

Island Lake has a population of 8,077.

Since 2001, the Village of Island Lake budget has fallen by 56.8 percent, from $18.91 million. The village population has fallen 0.9 percent over the same period, from 8,150.

Salaries accounted for 21 percent of village spending in 2017. Island Lake property taxpayers paid $1.72 million for 35 full-time employees and 28 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 35 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees, and spent $2.50 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
8,077
$8,176,459
$1,716,775
21
63
$27,250
2016
8,080
$10,536,750
$2,852,077
27.1
63
$45,271
2015
8,080
$10,735,175
$2,368,588
22.1
63
$37,597
2014
8,080
$10,552,406
$2,705,481
25.6
63
$42,944
2013
8,080
$10,976,742
$2,764,610
25.2
61
$45,321
2012
8,080
$6,941,404
$2,783,431
40.1
61
$45,630
2011
8,153
$7,510,898
$3,529,480
47
66
$53,477
2010
8,153
$7,734,476
$3,096,182
40
67
$46,212
2009
8,153
$9,676,424
$3,199,772
33.1
74
$43,240
2008
8,153
$6,513,672
$3,175,454
48.8
68
$46,698
2007
8,153
$7,447,769
$2,889,841
38.8
73
$39,587
2006
8,153
$7,133,795
$2,828,276
39.6
72
$39,282
2005
8,153
$7,097,940
$2,799,172
39.4
77
$36,353
2004
8,153
$6,531,230
$2,623,940
40.2
77
$34,077
2003
8,153
$6,705,756
$2,576,282
38.4
77
$33,458
2002
8,153
$9,298,912
$2,618,869
28.2
71
$36,885
2001
8,150
$18,914,116
$2,498,464
13.2
70
$35,692

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

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS