That's an increase of 3.3 percent from 2015, when the village spent $617,809, or $2,501 per household.
Creston has 247 households and a population of 662.
Since 2001, the Village of Creston budget has grown by 17.4 percent, from $543,789. The village population has grown 21.9 percent over the same period, from 543.
Salaries accounted for 7.8 percent of village spending in 2016. Creston property taxpayers paid $50,114 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $4,556 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 10 part-time employees and spent $36,542, or $3,654 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
662
$638,442
$50,114
7.8
11
$4,556
2015
662
$617,809
$45,572
7.4
11
$4,143
2014
662
$625,835
$45,692
7.3
11
$4,154
2013
662
$490,547
$41,287
8.4
11
$3,753
2012
662
$558,450
$40,283
7.2
11
$3,662
2011
543
$712,533
$40,671
5.7
11
$3,697
2010
543
$1,557,075
$48,395
3.1
11
$4,400
2009
543
$592,898
$55,421
9.3
12
$4,618
2008
543
$501,053
$43,233
8.6
10
$4,323
2007
543
$512,583
$42,489
8.3
10
$4,249
2006
543
$496,656
$38,648
7.8
10
$3,865
2005
543
$516,523
$40,001
7.7
10
$4,000
2004
543
$523,739
$37,994
7.3
11
$3,454
2003
543
$530,332
$34,373
6.5
11
$3,125
2002
543
$543,130
$36,166
6.7
10
$3,617
2001
543
$543,789
$36,542
6.7
10
$3,654
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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