That's a decrease of 45.7 percent from 2016, when the city spent $2.95 million, or $7,554 per household.
Brookport has 390 households and a population of 984.
Since 2001, the City of Brookport budget has grown by 80.4 percent, from $885,890. The city population has fallen 6.6 percent over the same period, from 1,054.
Salaries accounted for 11.6 percent of city spending in 2017. Brookport property taxpayers paid $185,621 for seven full-time employees and 13 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had seven full-time employees and five part-time employees, and spent $257,060.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
984
$1,598,386
$185,621
11.6
20
$9,281
2016
1,054
$2,946,006
$193,220
6.6
9
$21,469
2015
1,054
$3,767,198
$211,487
5.6
9
$23,499
2014
1,054
$1,464,454
$201,450
13.8
9
$22,383
2013
1,054
$1,502,129
$208,558
13.9
11
$18,960
2012
1,054
$1,517,345
$207,803
13.7
12
$17,317
2011
1,054
$1,490,108
$221,781
14.9
12
$18,482
2004
1,054
$3,771,419
$307,224
8.1
13
$23,633
2003
1,054
$1,063,368
$286,960
27
10
$28,696
2002
1,054
$6,456,736
$264,538
4.1
10
$26,454
2001
1,054
$885,890
$257,060
29
12
$21,422
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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