That's an increase of 15.9 percent from 2014, when the city spent $731,529.69, or $2,729.59 per household.
Creal Springs has 268 households and a population of 543.
Since 2001, the City of Creal Springs budget has grown by 7.3 percent, from $789,884.46. The city population has fallen 22.6 percent over the same period, from 702.
Salaries accounted for 21.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Creal Springs property taxpayers paid $183,120.60 for four full-time employees and four part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had three full-time employees and two part-time employees, and spent $113,570.26.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
543
$847,681.20
$183,120.60
21.6
8
$22,890.07
2014
543
$731,529.69
$143,804.48
19.7
8
$17,975.56
2013
543
$640,686.80
$135,949.84
21.2
8
$16,993.73
2012
543
$874,786.20
$121,250.22
13.9
7
$17,321.46
2011
543
$1,980,263.16
$146,818.44
7.4
7
$20,974.06
2010
702
$1,820,757.42
$131,632.68
7.2
7
$18,804.66
2009
750
$813,951.43
$140,037.51
17.2
8
$17,504.68
2008
750
$928,182
$126,654.92
13.6
8
$15,831.86
2003
702
$1,261,854
$132,180.84
10.5
9
$14,686.75
2002
702
$1,683,888.75
$128,445.75
7.6
5
$25,689.15
2001
702
$789,884.46
$113,570.26
14.4
5
$22,714.05
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.