That's a decrease of 74.9 percent from 2016, when the village spent $793,257, or $1,973 per household.
Essex has 402 households and a population of 767.
Since 2001, the Village of Essex budget has grown by 153 percent, from $78,792. The village population has grown 39.5 percent over the same period, from 550.
Salaries accounted for 26.9 percent of village spending in 2017. Essex property taxpayers paid $53,610 for five part-time employees, or an average of $10,722 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had three part-time employees and spent $32,825, or $10,942 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
767
$199,308
$53,610
26.9
5
$10,722
2016
789
$793,257
$47,229
6
8
$5,904
2015
789
$822,012
$45,573
5.5
8
$5,697
2014
696
$789,859
$40,286
5.1
7
$5,755
2013
696
$804,762
$39,682
4.9
5
$7,936
2012
696
$762,902
$46,702
6.1
9
$5,189
2011
696
$767,794
$33,497
4.4
9
$3,722
2010
696
$430,272
$22,231
5.2
6
$3,705
2009
850
$350,444
$27,864
8
8
$3,483
2008
846
$1
$34,132
2917300
8
$4,267
2007
846
$1
$42,222
3460800
12
$3,518
2006
846
$79,210
$38,023
48
12
$3,169
2005
846
$82,417
$34,280
41.6
12
$2,857
2004
1,294
$396,794
$27,252
6.9
2
$13,626
2003
1,294
$74,442
$43,098
57.9
2
$21,549
2002
1,294
$77,682
$45,710
58.8
2
$22,855
2001
550
$78,792
$32,825
41.7
3
$10,942
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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