That's an increase of 2.7 percent from 2016, when the village spent $2.50 million, or $3,445 per household.
Ford Heights has 726 households and a population of 2,754.
Since 2012, the Village of Ford Heights budget has fallen by 0.4 percent, from $2.58 million. The village population has fallen 0.3 percent over the same period, from 2,763.
Salaries accounted for 19.6 percent of village spending in 2017. Ford Heights property taxpayers paid $504,201 for eight full-time employees and 24 part-time employees.
In 2012, the village had 21 full-time employees and spent $549,624, or $26,173 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,754
$2,569,400
$504,201
19.6
32
$15,756
2016
2,773
$2,501,292
$626,656
25.1
32
$19,583
2015
2,782
$2,455,468
$622,833
25.4
34
$18,319
2014
2,763
$2,549,616
$536,734
21.1
21
$25,559
2013
2,778
$2,430,480
$441,465
18.2
28
$15,767
2012
2,763
$2,580,575
$549,624
21.3
21
$26,173
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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