That's a decrease of 36.2 percent from 2016, when the city spent $23.21 million, or $4,723 per household.
Prospect Heights has 4,914 households and a population of 16,256.
Since 2002, the City of Prospect Heights budget has grown by 16.3 percent, from $12.73 million. The city population has fallen 4.8 percent over the same period, from 17,081.
Salaries accounted for 27.5 percent of city spending in 2017. Prospect Heights property taxpayers paid $4.06 million for 41 full-time employees and 26 part-time employees.
In 2002, the city had 98 full-time employees and 36 part-time employees, and spent $4.70 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
16,256
$14,797,381
$4,064,839
27.5
67
$60,669
2016
16,367
$23,207,541
$4,188,324
18
56
$74,792
2015
16,367
$20,235,468
$3,897,195
19.3
50
$77,944
2014
16,367
$19,569,090
$3,807,859
19.5
45
$84,619
2013
16,367
$20,853,249
$3,494,932
16.8
42
$83,213
2012
16,327
$22,481,039
$3,143,383
14
40
$78,585
2011
16,256
$14,212,586
$3,387,869
23.8
38
$89,154
2010
15,959
$15,042,129
$3,859,110
25.7
48
$80,398
2009
16,047
$27,541,016
$4,862,882
17.7
52
$93,517
2008
17,081
$19,574,542
$4,712,654
24.1
82
$57,471
2007
16,244
$27,141,351
$4,756,595
17.5
50
$95,132
2006
17,051
$12,554,804
$4,662,803
37.1
50
$93,256
2005
17,051
$12,563,641
$4,879,251
38.8
50
$97,585
2003
17,081
$12,780,703
$4,379,502
34.3
62
$70,637
2002
17,081
$12,725,348
$4,697,410
36.9
134
$35,055
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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