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Sunday, September 29, 2024

The price of local government: City of Colona

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The city of Colona budget was $7.27 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $3,782.38 per household.

That's an increase of 65.7 percent from 2014 when the city spent $4.39 million, or $2,282.18 per household.

Colona has 1,922 households and a population of 5,125.

Since 2001, the city of Colona budget has grown by 89.7 percent, from $3.83 million. The city population has fallen 0.9 percent over the same period, from 5,173.

Salaries accounted for 18.8 percent of city spending in 2015. Colona property taxpayers paid $1.36 million for 24 full-time employees and 18 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 23 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees and spent $1.05 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
5,125
$7,269,739.92
$1,363,722.66
18.8
42
$32,469.58
2014
5,125
$4,386,350.79
$1,236,994.98
28.2
37
$33,432.29
2013
5,125
$3,919,126.64
$1,205,837.36
30.8
37
$32,590.19
2012
5,099
$4,208,113.08
$1,223,465.78
29.1
35
$34,956.16
2011
5,099
$4,136,080.32
$1,172,697.48
28.4
34
$34,491.10
2010
5,173
$4,257,915.60
$1,187,207.16
27.9
36
$32,977.97
2009
5,173
$4,394,927.08
$1,138,425.28
25.9
46
$24,748.37
2008
5,176
$4,411,723.40
$1,098,553.23
24.9
34
$32,310.38
2007
5,176
$3,895,868.34
$1,093,507.74
28.1
30
$36,450.25
2006
5,173
$3,733,350
$1,057,684.80
28.3
33
$32,051.05
2005
5,173
$3,532,270.20
$1,014,075.72
28.7
33
$30,729.56
2004
5,173
$3,607,639.80
$1,084,735.20
30.1
33
$32,870.76
2003
5,173
$3,903,249.24
$1,114,939.32
28.6
44
$25,339.52
2002
5,173
$4,318,724.25
$1,067,980.95
24.7
35
$30,513.74
2001
5,173
$3,833,146.29
$1,051,388.69
27.4
33
$31,860.26

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

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