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Friday, April 26, 2024

The price of local government: City of New Boston

Budget 08

The City of New Boston budget was $1.63 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $4,618.31 per household.

That's an increase of 5.5 percent from 2014, when the city spent $1.55 million, or $4,377.11 per household.

New Boston has 353 households and a population of 750.

Since 2001, the City of New Boston budget has fallen by 9.9 percent, from $1.81 million. The city population has grown 18.7 percent over the same period, from 632.

Salaries accounted for 12.7 percent of city spending in 2015. New Boston property taxpayers paid $206,510.22 for two full-time employees and four part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had three full-time employees and 15 part-time employees, and spent $226,700.75.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
750
$1,630,262.94
$206,510.22
12.7
6
$34,418.37
2014
750
$1,545,121.54
$158,494.34
10.3
6
$26,415.72
2013
675
$1,495,920.40
$176,295.60
11.8
6
$29,382.60
2012
750
$1,228,354.50
$200,844.56
16.4
18
$11,158.03
2011
750
$1,251,531
$231,336
18.5
17
$13,608
2009
750
$1,202,687.25
$230,700.80
19.2
18
$12,816.71
2008
750
$1,281,561.25
$226,235.04
17.7
21
$10,773.09
2007
750
$1,590,615
$229,260.33
14.4
23
$9,967.84
2006
750
$1,572,360
$221,895.60
14.1
22
$10,086.16
2005
750
$1,595,074
$222,170.80
13.9
21
$10,579.56
2004
750
$1,938,096
$227,872.05
11.8
22
$10,357.82
2003
642
$2,999,436
$229,431.84
7.6
20
$11,471.59
2002
642
$2,164,185
$229,462.20
10.6
18
$12,747.90
2001
632
$1,809,153.50
$226,700.75
12.5
18
$12,594.48

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

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