That's an increase of 12 percent from 2014, when the village spent $464,287.95, or $773.81 per household.
Limestone has 600 households and a population of 1,600.
The village population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 11.5 percent of village spending in 2015. Limestone property taxpayers paid $59,753.64 for one part-time employee, or an average of $59,753.64 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
2015
1,600
$519,861.36
2014
1,600
$464,287.95
2013
1,600
$300,696.24
2012
1,598
$279,575
2011
1,598
$256,392
2010
1,600
$310,522.50
2009
1,600
$298,037.50
2008
1,600
$351,284.23
2007
1,600
unavailable
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.