That's an increase of one percent from 2016, when the village spent $3.29 million, or $5,376 per household.
Merrionette Park has 612 households and a population of 1,894.
Since 2001, the Village of Merrionette Park budget has fallen by 60 percent, from $8.32 million. The village population has fallen 5.2 percent over the same period, from 1,998.
Salaries accounted for 39.5 percent of village spending in 2017. Merrionette Park property taxpayers paid $1.31 million for 68 part-time employees, or an average of $19,293 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 82 part-time employees and spent $845,031, or $10,305 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,894
$3,324,271
$1,311,915
39.5
68
$19,293
2016
1,894
$3,289,965
$1,308,913
39.8
86
$15,220
2015
1,894
$5,055,765
$1,256,100
24.8
100
$12,561
2014
1,894
$4,998,942
$1,295,484
25.9
95
$13,637
2013
1,900
$3,753,635
$1,213,991
32.3
105
$11,562
2012
1,900
$5,240,160
$1,220,997
23.3
105
$11,629
2011
1,900
$4,153,118
$1,177,330
28.3
103
$11,430
2010
1,983
$4,753,800
$1,017,586
21.4
108
$9,422
2009
1,982
$4,921,722
$1,025,862
20.8
108
$9,499
2008
2,047
$3,401,424
$1,021,793
30
99
$10,321
2007
2,047
$5,385,965
$1,054,195
19.6
99
$10,648
2006
2,047
$5,383,281
$1,020,181
19
99
$10,305
2005
2,039
$3,348,410
$916,809
27.4
45
$20,374
2004
2,100
$8,877,065
$912,393
10.3
85
$10,734
2003
2,100
$8,243,538
$800,862
9.7
85
$9,422
2002
1,998
$8,060,854
$863,534
10.7
82
$10,531
2001
1,998
$8,315,328
$845,031
10.2
82
$10,305
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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