That's a decrease of 15.4 percent from 2016, when the city spent $2.29 million, or $3,651 per household.
Lanark has 627 households and a population of 1,457.
Since 2001, the City of Lanark budget has fallen by 0.9 percent, from $1.95 million. The city population has grown 4.1 percent over the same period, from 1,400.
Salaries accounted for 19.6 percent of city spending in 2017. Lanark property taxpayers paid $379,212 for six full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had five full-time employees and 14 part-time employees, and spent $237,002.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,457
$1,935,758
$379,212
19.6
15
$25,281
2016
1,457
$2,288,897
$362,498
15.8
15
$24,167
2015
1,457
$3,910,846
$362,682
9.3
14
$25,906
2014
1,457
$4,413,418
$388,475
8.8
13
$29,883
2013
1,457
$4,863,323
$354,836
7.3
10
$35,484
2012
1,457
$4,553,884
$350,086
7.7
13
$26,930
2011
1,457
$3,069,956
$384,759
12.5
13
$29,597
2010
1,584
$3,693,429
$384,831
10.4
11
$34,985
2009
1,584
$3,905,285
$329,725
8.4
11
$29,975
2008
1,584
$3,141,333
$343,947
10.9
11
$31,268
2007
1,584
$3,332,662
$346,897
10.4
10
$34,690
2006
1,584
$2,366,119
$357,605
15.1
12
$29,800
2005
1,584
$2,579,395
$378,110
14.7
12
$31,509
2004
1,584
$4,199,962
$337,281
8
12
$28,107
2003
1,584
$2,575,704
$347,948
13.5
12
$28,996
2002
1,400
$2,084,040
$315,305
15.1
13
$24,254
2001
1,400
$1,953,508
$237,002
12.1
19
$12,474
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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