That's a decrease of 24.4 percent from 2014, when the city spent $303,591.47, or $2,216 per household.
Orient has 137 households and a population of 358.
Since 2003, the City of Orient budget has fallen by 23 percent, from $297,943.80. The city population has grown 16.6 percent over the same period, from 307.
Salaries accounted for 20.4 percent of city spending in 2015. Orient property taxpayers paid $46,814.94 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $4,681.49 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2003, the city had 18 part-time employees and spent $56,631.96, or $3,146.22 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
358
$229,500
$46,814.94
20.4
10
$4,681.49
2014
358
$303,591.47
$49,916.89
16.4
10
$4,991.68
2013
358
$529,532.64
$39,836.16
7.5
10
$3,983.61
2012
358
$265,000
$41,133.30
15.5
11
$3,739.39
2011
307
$257,761.44
$38,398.32
14.9
9
$4,266.47
2010
307
$268,273.68
$40,334.07
15
9
$4,481.56
2009
307
$310,660.73
$42,080.07
13.5
8
$5,260
2008
307
$315,117.45
$46,287.06
14.7
9
$5,143
2007
307
$352,475.37
$39,682.89
11.3
8
$4,960.36
2006
307
$218,618.40
$33,134.40
15.2
6
$5,522.40
2005
307
$230,804.92
$34,801.84
15.1
11
$3,163.80
2004
307
$269,891.22
$36,065.82
13.4
16
$2,254.11
2003
307
$297,943.80
$56,631.96
19
18
$3,146.22
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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