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