That's a decrease of 0.8 percent from 2015, when the village spent $281,218, or $1,187 per household.
East Cape Girardeau has 237 households and a population of 347.
Since 2001, the Village of East Cape Girardeau budget has grown by 162.1 percent, from $106,500. The village population has fallen 20.6 percent over the same period, from 437.
Salaries accounted for 22.3 percent of village spending in 2016. East Cape Girardeau property taxpayers paid $62,253 for two full-time employees and 10 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had nine part-time employees and spent $20,519, or $2,280 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
347
$279,090
$62,253
22.3
12
$5,188
2015
385
$281,218
$76,174
27.1
13
$5,860
2014
385
$218,148
$27,850
12.8
11
$2,532
2013
385
$113,400
$26,852
23.7
10
$2,685
2012
385
$114,450
$27,035
23.6
10
$2,704
2011
385
$118,650
$15,785
13.3
13
$1,214
2010
361
$119,700
$12,602
10.5
8
$1,575
2007
437
$128,100
$19,032
14.9
9
$2,115
2006
437
$131,250
$19,313
14.7
11
$1,756
2005
451
$136,500
$18,883
13.8
11
$1,717
2004
451
$140,700
$18,626
13.2
10
$1,863
2003
437
$136,000
$18,972
14
10
$1,897
2002
451
$105,000
$20,475
19.5
10
$2,048
2001
437
$106,500
$20,519
19.3
9
$2,280
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.