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Monday, May 20, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Village of South Elgin

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The Village of South Elgin budget was $304 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 0.5 percent from 2016, when the village spent $302.60 million.

South Elgin has a population of 112,123.

Since 2001, the Village of South Elgin budget has grown by 273.5 percent, from $81.39 million. The village population has grown 18.2 percent over the same period, from 94,863.

Salaries accounted for 22.9 percent of village spending in 2017. South Elgin property taxpayers paid $69.47 million for 648 full-time employees and 263 part-time employees.

In 2001, the village had 646 full-time employees and 152 part-time employees, and spent $59.83 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
112,123
$304,004,390
$69,468,176
22.9
911
$76,255
2016
112,111
$302,595,174
$70,257,138
23.2
904
$77,718
2015
111,117
$307,967,874
$69,891,534
22.7
904
$77,314
2014
110,145
$297,625,994
$64,849,707
21.8
885
$73,277
2013
109,927
$300,024,086
$64,170,872
21.4
869
$73,845
2012
108,888
$292,680,783
$62,843,612
21.5
868
$72,400
2011
108,888
$310,193,113
$65,536,626
21.1
908
$72,177
2010
106,330
$213,575,456
$57,462,809
26.9
920
$62,460
2009
106,330
$210,009,031
$60,086,846
28.6
984
$61,064
2008
104,939
$245,863,020
$62,766,764
25.5
926
$67,783
2007
107,631
$225,760,449
$60,269,020
26.7
983
$61,311
2006
105,327
$212,479,491
$57,030,258
26.8
966
$59,038
2005
100,000
$220,329,928
$56,477,304
25.6
934
$60,468
2004
97,829
$189,578,951
$60,617,761
32
912
$66,467
2003
94,487
$80,773,517
$59,014,392
73.1
919
$64,216
2002
94,487
$79,268,515
$64,029,119
80.8
920
$69,597
2001
94,863
$81,387,212
$59,826,611
73.5
798
$74,971

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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