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Thursday, May 16, 2024

The price of local government: City of Robinson

Budget 10

The City of Robinson budget was $7.98 million for its 2015 fiscal year, or $2,007.08 per household.

That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2014, when the city spent $8.21 million, or $2,066.42 per household.

Robinson has 3,975 households and a population of 7,713.

Since 2001, the City of Robinson budget has fallen by 16.8 percent, from $9.59 million. The city population has grown 7.1 percent over the same period, from 7,200.

Salaries accounted for 27.6 percent of city spending in 2015. Robinson property taxpayers paid $2.20 million for 33 full-time employees and 81 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 45 full-time employees and 68 part-time employees, and spent $2.41 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
7,713
$7,978,137.06
$2,202,322.80
27.6
114
$19,318.62
2014
7,713
$8,214,006.92
$2,081,663.99
25.3
114
$18,260.21
2013
7,713
$8,438,051.44
$2,010,847.28
23.8
114
$17,639.01
2012
7,713
$10,733,939.48
$2,280,577.28
21.2
114
$20,005.06
2011
7,713
$7,190,216.64
$2,411,655.12
33.5
158
$15,263.64
2010
6,822
$11,923,732.11
$2,636,980.38
22.1
113
$23,336.10
2009
6,822
$12,032,268.25
$2,495,682.97
20.7
113
$22,085.68
2008
6,392
$8,849,999.54
$2,388,583.83
27
113
$21,137.91
2007
7,200
$7,715,340.36
$2,285,598.51
29.6
113
$20,226.53
2006
7,200
$7,702,605.60
$2,256,488.40
29.3
113
$19,968.92
2005
7,200
$5,829,140.80
$2,388,241.24
41
113
$21,134.87
2004
7,200
$9,496,996.77
$2,443,183.89
25.7
113
$21,621.09
2003
7,200
$9,853,873.92
$2,486,172.48
25.2
113
$22,001.52
2002
7,200
$10,511,572.50
$2,515,029.75
23.9
113
$22,256.90
2001
7,200
$9,594,863.50
$2,411,080.81
25.1
113
$21,336.99

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

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