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Saturday, August 2, 2025

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

Budget 11

The Village of Round Lake budget was $13.66 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 33.6 percent from 2016, when the village spent $10.23 million.

Round Lake has a population of 8,741.

Since 2001, the Village of Round Lake budget has grown by 54.2 percent, from $8.86 million. The village population has grown 68.1 percent over the same period, from 5,200.

Salaries accounted for 21.6 percent of village spending in 2017. Round Lake property taxpayers paid $2.96 million for 34 full-time employees and 22 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 36 full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $1.62 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
8,741
$13,656,063
$2,955,000
21.6
56
$52,768
2016
8,741
$10,225,392
$2,946,275
28.8
55
$53,569
2015
8,741
$9,130,373
$3,029,491
33.2
50
$60,590
2014
8,741
$9,890,077
$2,704,155
27.3
44
$61,458
2013
8,741
$13,818,832
$2,624,757
19
63
$41,663
2012
8,741
$12,815,274
$2,547,442
19.9
63
$40,436
2011
8,741
$14,802,563
$2,634,055
17.8
84
$31,358
2010
8,706
$16,596,508
$2,683,790
16.2
75
$35,784
2009
8,709
$17,107,900
$2,810,124
16.4
51
$55,100
2008
8,665
$19,804,404
$2,540,258
12.8
51
$49,809
2007
8,614
$25,017,175
$2,690,128
10.8
51
$52,748
2006
8,492
$19,497,425
$2,578,454
13.2
46
$56,053
2005
8,300
$20,277,322
$2,332,628
11.5
45
$51,836
2004
8,700
$9,780,956
$2,119,005
21.7
45
$47,089
2003
7,700
$8,813,951
$1,922,833
21.8
43
$44,717
2002
5,375
$11,005,975
$1,909,715
17.4
46
$41,516
2001
5,200
$8,855,204
$1,617,883
18.3
43
$37,625

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

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