That's an increase of 18.8 percent from 2016, when the city spent $9.79 million, or $4,286 per household.
Marengo has 2,285 households and a population of 7,648.
Since 2001, the City of Marengo budget has grown by 92.2 percent, from $6.05 million. The city population has grown 53 percent over the same period, from 5,000.
Salaries accounted for 19.5 percent of city spending in 2017. Marengo property taxpayers paid $2.27 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 $2 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
7,648
$11,633,670
$2,270,326
19.5
37
$61,360
2016
7,648
$9,793,980
$1,938,708
19.8
37
$52,398
2015
7,648
$26,433,595
$1,938,258
7.3
37
$52,385
2014
7,648
$11,636,567
$467,010
4
37
$12,622
2013
7,648
$12,098,325
$2,370,868
19.6
37
$64,078
2012
7,648
$10,760,242
$2,347,342
21.8
37
$63,442
2011
7,648
$10,807,614
$2,957,138
27.4
42
$70,408
2010
7,637
$10,186,755
$3,049,859
29.9
48
$63,539
2009
7,637
$8,770,449
$2,991,317
34.1
50
$59,826
2008
7,637
$10,144,899
$3,130,673
30.9
50
$62,613
2007
7,637
$10,525,501
$2,935,174
27.9
55
$53,367
2006
6,355
$9,126,351
$3,019,708
33.1
49
$61,627
2005
6,355
$8,174,485
$2,887,923
35.3
49
$58,937
2004
6,355
$12,947,822
$2,778,000
21.5
49
$56,694
2003
6,355
$9,401,490
$2,417,760
25.7
47
$51,442
2002
6,355
$8,738,071
$2,113,014
24.2
47
$44,958
2001
5,000
$6,052,132
$1,997,524
33
43
$46,454
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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