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Thursday, November 21, 2024

The price of local government: Village of Rapids City

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The village of Rapids City budget was $1.03 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $2,475.42 per household.

That's a decrease of 11.3 percent from 2014 when the city spent $1.17 million, or $2,791.17 per household.

Rapids has 418 households and a population of 959.

Since 2001, the village of Rapids City budget has grown by 19.5 percent, from $865,924.94. The city population has grown 0.6 percent over the same period, from 953.

Salaries accounted for 18.3 percent of city spending in 2015. Rapids property taxpayers paid $189,090.66 for three full-time employees and 12 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had three full-time employees and one part-time employee and spent $154,542.85.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
959
$1,034,726.76
$189,090.66
18.3
15
$12,606.04
2014
959
$1,166,708.81
$175,632.51
15.1
16
$10,977.03
2013
959
$1,225,481.92
$176,907.12
14.4
16
$11,056.69
2012
959
$1,054,748.76
$159,874.50
15.2
14
$11,419.60
2011
959
$1,102,164.84
$169,541.64
15.4
14
$12,110.11
2010
953
$1,121,413.02
$166,987.29
14.9
21
$7,951.77
2009
953
$1,099,937.48
$180,175.11
16.4
15
$12,011.67
2008
953
$1,063,253.16
$160,789.96
15.1
15
$10,719.33
2007
953
$986,467.95
$161,820.36
16.4
11
$14,710.94
2006
953
$876,939.60
$164,182.80
18.7
11
$14,925.70
2005
953
$770,474
$151,205.60
19.6
11
$13,745.96
2004
953
$1,185,676.41
$157,648.32
13.3
11
$14,331.66
2003
953
$1,141,452.84
$177,045
15.5
12
$14,753.74
2002
953
$1,188,788.40
$169,524.90
14.3
14
$12,108.92
2001
953
$865,924.94
$154,542.85
17.8
4
$38,635.71

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

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