That's a decrease of 12.5 percent from 2016, when the city spent $543,739, or $4,281 per household.
Grand Tower has 127 households and a population of 581.
Since 2001, the City of Grand Tower budget has fallen by 36.1 percent, from $744,861. The city population has fallen 41.9 percent over the same period, from 1,000.
Salaries accounted for 28.3 percent of city spending in 2017. Grand Tower property taxpayers paid $134,849 for three full-time employees and 15 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had five full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $248,392.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
581
$475,761
$134,849
28.3
18
$7,492
2016
605
$543,739
$148,580
27.3
17
$8,740
2015
605
$590,915
$164,859
27.9
16
$10,304
2014
605
$562,165
$170,053
30.2
20
$8,503
2013
605
$531,684
$144,169
27.1
17
$8,481
2012
707
$634,865
$142,738
22.5
19
$7,513
2011
707
$624,826
$158,386
25.3
27
$5,866
2010
742
$732,341
$160,742
21.9
26
$6,182
2009
742
$606,459
$127,842
21.1
23
$5,558
2005
1,000
$611,230
$146,471
24
9
$16,275
2004
1,000
$691,871
$143,297
20.7
8
$17,912
2002
1,000
$763,046
$186,549
24.4
8
$23,319
2001
1,000
$744,861
$248,392
33.3
8
$31,049
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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