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The price of local government in 2017: City of Galena

Budget 02

The City of Galena budget was $10.46 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 10.8 percent from 2016, when the city spent $11.73 million.

Galena has a population of 3,400.

Since 2001, the City of Galena budget has grown by 304.4 percent, from $2.59 million. The city population has fallen 12.8 percent over the same period, from 3,900.

Salaries accounted for 18.1 percent of city spending in 2017. Galena property taxpayers paid $1.90 million for 30 full-time employees and 60 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 30 full-time employees and 45 part-time employees, and spent $1.40 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,400
$10,462,702
$1,899,388
18.2
90
$21,104
2016
3,400
$11,725,602
$1,762,609
15
90
$19,585
2015
3,400
$10,097,284
$1,718,343
17
90
$19,093
2014
3,600
$11,005,515
$1,781,666
16.2
90
$19,796
2013
3,600
$13,257,673
$1,631,154
12.3
90
$18,124
2012
3,600
$9,965,183
$1,721,417
17.3
91
$18,917
2011
3,600
$11,148,827
$1,761,009
15.8
91
$19,352
2010
3,640
$13,200,351
$1,726,203
13.1
91
$18,969
2009
3,640
$12,306,163
$1,747,808
14.2
91
$19,207
2008
3,405
$10,211,504
$1,650,789
16.2
91
$18,141
2007
3,405
$9,168,404
$1,664,769
18.2
102
$16,321
2006
3,405
$12,676,399
$1,605,179
12.7
108
$14,863
2005
3,459
$21,738,010
$1,572,918
7.2
94
$16,733
2004
3,460
$21,905,444
$1,552,068
7.1
76
$20,422
2003
3,460
$29,867,137
$1,600,150
5.4
82
$19,514
2002
3,460
$30,745,582
$1,460,305
4.7
81
$18,028
2001
3,900
$2,587,267
$1,402,571
54.2
75
$18,701

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

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