That's an increase of 5.1 percent from 2015, when the village spent $436,328, or $1,622 per household.
Watson has 269 households and a population of 754.
Since 2001, the Village of Watson budget has fallen by 16.8 percent, from $550,960. The village population has grown 3.4 percent over the same period, from 729.
Salaries accounted for 8.6 percent of village spending in 2016. Watson property taxpayers paid $39,204 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $3,267 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 11 part-time employees and spent $5,326, or $484 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
754
$458,525
$39,204
8.6
12
$3,267
2015
760
$436,328
$16,145
3.7
15
$1,076
2014
760
$419,590
$17,186
4.1
13
$1,322
2013
760
$411,102
$30,300
7.4
13
$2,331
2012
754
$765,235
$27,781
3.6
16
$1,736
2011
729
$414,315
$28,397
6.9
12
$2,366
2010
729
$408,861
$28,438
7
15
$1,896
2009
729
$342,810
$27,312
8
17
$1,607
2008
729
$927,810
$22,076
2.4
17
$1,299
2007
729
$448,960
$25,299
5.6
12
$2,108
2006
729
$460,000
$26,823
5.8
16
$1,676
2005
729
$731,250
$26,073
3.6
14
$1,862
2004
729
$452,920
$25,838
5.7
15
$1,723
2003
729
$459,680
$26,425
5.7
15
$1,762
2002
729
$473,200
$30,705
6.5
20
$1,535
2001
729
$550,960
$5,326
1
11
$484
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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