That's a decrease of 46.6 percent from 2016, when the village spent $25.92 million.
Lemont has a population of 16,000.
Since 2001, the Village of Lemont budget has fallen by 41.1 percent, from $23.51 million. The village population has grown 22.2 percent over the same period, from 13,098.
Salaries accounted for 42.6 percent of village spending in 2017. Lemont property taxpayers paid $5.89 million for 66 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had 63 full-time employees and 26 part-time employees, and spent $4.56 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
16,000
$13,840,259
$5,892,417
42.6
101
$58,341
2016
16,861
$25,919,522
$5,767,423
22.3
131
$44,026
2015
16,861
$27,466,863
$5,793,816
21.1
128
$45,264
2014
16,000
$23,711,734
$5,776,918
24.4
139
$41,561
2013
16,000
$21,562,258
$5,661,395
26.3
92
$61,537
2012
16,000
$31,443,654
$4,936,878
15.7
115
$42,929
2011
16,000
$35,820,741
$5,425,905
15.1
117
$46,375
2010
16,625
$39,951,789
$5,951,209
14.9
105
$56,678
2009
16,625
$56,644,104
$6,446,671
11.4
92
$70,073
2008
16,625
$40,258,530
$6,141,896
15.3
110
$55,835
2007
15,614
$31,446,644
$5,919,910
18.8
107
$55,326
2006
15,146
$25,295,615
$5,699,035
22.5
107
$53,262
2005
14,643
$50,818,271
$5,425,648
10.7
99
$54,805
2004
13,098
$29,107,747
$5,420,709
18.6
104
$52,122
2003
13,098
$26,877,076
$5,157,664
19.2
92
$56,062
2002
13,098
$30,326,724
$4,829,968
15.9
98
$49,285
2001
13,098
$23,514,155
$4,560,652
19.4
89
$51,243
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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