That's a decrease of 3.4 percent from 2016, when the village spent $35,490, or $150 per household.
Nelson has 237 households and a population of 170.
Since 2001, the Village of Nelson budget has fallen by 41.8 percent, from $58,859. The village population has grown 4.3 percent over the same period, from 163.
Salaries accounted for 25.4 percent of village spending in 2017. Nelson property taxpayers paid $8,714 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $968 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
2017
170
$34,272
2016
170
$35,490
2015
170
$36,570
2014
170
$36,040
2013
170
$34,020
2012
170
$34,008
2011
170
$39,776
2010
155
$36,708
2009
163
$38,025
2008
163
$35,627
2007
163
$34,343
2006
161
$34,000
2005
161
$35,100
2004
163
$53,533
2003
163
$48,484
2002
163
$48,510
2001
163
$58,859
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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