That's an increase of 15.9 percent from 2014, when the city spent $1.67 million, or $3,559.54 per household.
Mounds has 469 households and a population of 810.
Since 2001, the City of Mounds budget has grown by 1.8 percent, from $1.90 million. The city population has fallen 27.5 percent over the same period, from 1,117.
Salaries accounted for 20.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Mounds property taxpayers paid $398,245.74 for seven full-time employees and 40 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 10 full-time employees and 11 part-time employees, and spent $265,351.19.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
810
$1,935,196.02
$398,245.74
20.6
47
$8,473.31
2014
810
$1,669,425.03
$409,514.61
24.5
44
$9,307.15
2013
810
$1,693,636.88
$402,169.04
23.7
49
$8,207.53
2012
810
$1,410,659.66
$367,390.70
26
50
$7,347.81
2011
810
$1,534,750.20
$326,274.48
21.3
46
$7,092.92
2010
1,035
$1,594,834.68
$336,841.71
21.1
48
$7,017.53
2009
1,035
$2,091,197.21
$335,500.39
16
52
$6,451.93
2008
1,035
$1,586,894.03
$349,784.72
22
72
$4,858.12
2007
1,035
$1,946,610.90
$301,588.56
15.5
75
$4,021.18
2006
1,035
$1,200,313.20
$272,751.60
22.7
16
$17,046.97
2005
1,035
$1,534,464.04
$259,622.52
16.9
16
$16,226.40
2004
1,117
$2,047,218.39
$254,220.30
12.4
16
$15,888.76
2003
1,117
$2,662,131.12
$316,303.68
11.9
25
$12,652.14
2002
1,117
$2,674,559.25
$309,780.45
11.6
29
$10,682.08
2001
1,117
$1,901,283.26
$265,351.19
14
21
$12,635.77
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.