That's a decrease of 6.1 percent from 2016, when the village spent $30.37 million, or $3,087 per household.
Lake in the Hills has 9,839 households and a population of 29,228.
Since 2001, the Village of Lake in the Hills budget has fallen by 12.9 percent, from $32.76 million. The village population has grown 17.4 percent over the same period, from 24,900.
Salaries accounted for 35.7 percent of village spending in 2017. Lake in the Hills property taxpayers paid $10.17 million for 106 full-time employees and 29 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had 91 full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $5.57 million.
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.