That's an increase of 21.6 percent from 2014, when the city spent $433,623.82, or $1,748.48 per household.
Mound has 248 households and a population of 571.
Since 2001, the Mound City budget has fallen by 70.3 percent, from $1.78 million. The city population has fallen 17.5 percent over the same period, from 692.
Salaries accounted for 30.3 percent of city spending in 2015. Mound property taxpayers paid $159,769.74 for three full-time employees and 30 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had nine full-time employees and five part-time employees, and spent $206,161.71.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
571
$527,368.56
$159,769.74
30.3
33
$4,841.50
2014
571
$433,623.82
$166,248.18
38.3
9
$18,472.02
2013
588
$542,880
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2012
577
$404,920
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2002
692
$3,076,581.15
$176,877
5.7
14
$12,634.07
2001
692
$1,776,562.57
$206,161.71
11.6
14
$14,725.83
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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