That's an increase of three percent from 2014, when the village spent $407,715.20, or $1,515.67 per household.
Watson has 269 households and a population of 760.
Since 2001, the Village of Watson budget has fallen by 21 percent, from $531,560. The village population has grown 4.3 percent over the same period, from 729.
Salaries accounted for 3.7 percent of village spending in 2015. Watson property taxpayers paid $15,535.62 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $1,035.71 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 11 part-time employees and spent $5,138.87, or $467.17 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
760
$419,862.60
$15,535.62
3.7
15
$1,035.70
2014
760
$407,715.20
$16,699.39
4.1
13
$1,284.56
2013
760
$395,876
$29,178.24
7.4
13
$2,244.48
2012
754
$744,173
$27,016.22
3.6
16
$1,688.51
2011
729
$395,982
$27,140.40
6.9
12
$2,261.70
2010
729
$398,101.50
$27,690.06
7
15
$1,846
2009
729
$331,090
$26,378.72
8
17
$1,551.68
2008
729
$896,090
$21,320.84
2.4
17
$1,254.16
2007
729
$430,560
$24,262.29
5.6
12
$2,021.85
2006
729
$441,600
$25,749.60
5.8
16
$1,609.35
2005
729
$697,500
$24,869.44
3.6
14
$1,776.38
2004
729
$436,020
$24,873.78
5.7
15
$1,658.25
2003
729
$446,160
$25,647.60
5.7
15
$1,709.83
2002
729
$456,300
$29,608.20
6.5
20
$1,480.41
2001
729
$531,560
$5,138.87
1
11
$467.17
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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