That's a decrease of 48.2 percent from 2016, when the village spent $15,750, or $606 per household.
Simpson has 26 households and a population of 65.
Since 2001, the Village of Simpson budget has fallen by 23.4 percent, from $10,650. The village population has grown 8.3 percent over the same period, from 60.
Salaries accounted for 22.9 percent of village spending in 2017. Simpson property taxpayers paid $1,872 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $234 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
2017
65
$8,160
2016
60
$15,750
2015
60
$15,900
2014
60
$15,900
2013
58
$10,800
2012
58
$16,350
2011
60
$15,141
2010
59
$12,830
2009
55
$18,099
2008
50
$33,766
2007
50
$36,914
2006
50
unavailable
2005
65
$11,700
2004
65
$10,720
2003
58
$9,952
2002
60
unavailable
2001
60
$10,650
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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