That's an increase of 125 percent from 2014, when the city spent $11.31 million, or $4,959.31 per household.
Marengo has 2,280 households and a population of 7,648.
Since 2001, the City of Marengo budget has grown by 335.6 percent, from $5.84 million. The city population has grown 53 percent over the same period, from 5,000.
Salaries accounted for 7.3 percent of city spending in 2015. Marengo property taxpayers paid $1.87 million for 30 full-time employees and seven part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 31 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $1.93 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
7,648
$25,436,101.08
$1,865,115.90
7.3
37
$50,408.53
2014
7,648
$11,307,229.79
$453,792.25
4
37
$12,264.65
2013
7,648
$11,650,239.12
$2,283,057.92
19.6
37
$61,704.26
2012
7,648
$10,464,088.92
$2,282,736.50
21.8
37
$61,695.58
2011
7,648
$10,329,400.80
$2,826,290.88
27.4
42
$67,292.64
2010
7,637
$9,918,682.50
$2,969,599.65
29.9
48
$61,866.65
2009
7,637
$8,470,604.30
$2,889,049.53
34.1
50
$57,780.99
2008
7,637
$9,798,065.02
$3,023,641.57
30.9
50
$60,472.83
2007
7,637
$10,094,128.20
$2,814,879.60
27.9
55
$51,179.62
2006
6,355
$8,761,297.20
$2,898,919.20
33.1
49
$59,161.61
2005
6,355
$7,797,200.60
$2,754,633.96
35.3
49
$56,217.01
2004
6,355
$12,464,694.66
$2,674,342.86
21.5
49
$54,578.42
2003
6,355
$9,124,975.20
$2,346,649.80
25.7
47
$49,928.71
2002
6,355
$8,425,996.65
$2,037,549.60
24.2
47
$43,352.11
2001
5,000
$5,839,029.05
$1,927,188.59
33
43
$44,818.33
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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