That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $396,559, or $4,131 per household.
Ruma has 96 households and a population of 330.
Since 2001, the Village of Ruma budget has fallen by 4.1 percent, from $401,541. The village population has grown 32 percent over the same period, from 250.
Salaries accounted for two percent of village spending in 2017. Ruma property taxpayers paid $7,654 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $850 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had four part-time employees and spent $41,643, or $10,411 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
330
$385,229
$7,654
2
9
$850
2016
330
$396,559
$77,612
19.6
9
$8,624
2015
330
$400,336
$75,295
18.8
9
$8,366
2014
330
$368,536
$78,045
21.2
9
$8,672
2013
330
$398,385
$86,757
21.8
9
$9,640
2012
330
$386,833
$79,094
20.4
9
$8,788
2011
330
$400,295
$81,308
20.3
9
$9,034
2010
260
$404,578
$80,338
19.9
9
$8,926
2009
260
$311,747
$69,916
22.4
9
$7,768
2008
260
$376,432
$49,702
13.2
9
$5,522
2007
260
$329,760
$49,007
14.9
9
$5,445
2006
260
$412,926
$55,778
13.5
9
$6,198
2005
260
$566,667
$54,636
9.6
9
$6,071
2004
260
$414,563
$50,002
12.1
9
$5,556
2003
260
$418,030
$41,370
9.9
9
$4,597
2002
260
$412,825
$41,423
10
4
$10,356
2001
250
$401,541
$41,643
10.4
4
$10,411
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.