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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The price of local government: City of Aledo

Budget 01

The City of Aledo budget was $7.58 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $4,880.03 per household.

That's an increase of five percent from 2014, when the city spent $7.22 million, or $4,649.47 per household.

Aledo has 1,553 households and a population of 3,648.

Since 2001, the City of Aledo budget has grown by 19.6 percent, from $6.34 million. The city population has grown 1.3 percent over the same period, from 3,600.

Salaries accounted for 13.7 percent of city spending in 2015. Aledo property taxpayers paid $1.03 million for 22 full-time employees and 20 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 26 full-time employees and 14 part-time employees, and spent $711,641.02.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
3,648
$7,578,686.70
$1,034,358.54
13.6
42
$24,627.58
2014
3,640
$7,220,619.30
$1,119,473.01
15.5
25
$44,778.92
2013
3,640
$6,105,973.12
$1,150,011.20
18.8
53
$21,698.32
2012
3,640
$6,384,714.96
$1,148,768.64
18
48
$23,932.68
2011
3,640
$6,418,808.28
$1,134,579.96
17.7
35
$32,416.57
2010
3,566
$6,633,667.47
$1,224,979.35
18.5
31
$39,515.46
2009
3,566
$10,661,575.99
$1,224,423.93
11.5
31
$39,497.54
2008
3,566
$7,801,489.49
$1,225,333.58
15.7
32
$38,291.67
2007
3,613
$6,366,256.65
$1,184,771.25
18.6
27
$43,880.41
2006
3,535
$10,884,888
$1,082,990.40
9.9
29
$37,344.49
2005
3,557
$11,341,536
$1,062,284.44
9.4
37
$28,710.39
2004
3,582
$5,833,414.83
$1,110,419.10
19
39
$28,472.28
2003
3,613
$5,816,063.88
$1,175,265.96
20.2
40
$29,381.64
2002
3,613
$21,099,825
$1,101,150.45
5.2
36
$30,587.51
2001
3,600
$6,335,219.76
$711,641.02
11.2
40
$17,791.02

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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