That's a decrease of 3.6 percent from 2015, when the village spent $1.34 million, or $3,445 per household.
Wataga has 389 households and a population of 850.
Since 2001, the Village of Wataga budget has grown by 270.3 percent, from $348,972. The village population has fallen five percent over the same period, from 895.
Salaries accounted for 5.2 percent of village spending in 2016. Wataga property taxpayers paid $67,049 for two full-time employees and 11 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had one full-time employee and 11 part-time employees, and spent $76,466.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
850
$1,292,235
$67,049
5.2
13
$5,158
2015
850
$1,340,052
$69,535
5.2
13
$5,349
2014
843
$1,198,542
$68,349
5.7
12
$5,696
2013
895
$1,221,372
$88,265
7.2
14
$6,305
2012
895
$1,467,903
$84,580
5.8
14
$6,041
2011
895
$1,037,001
$91,622
8.8
14
$6,544
2010
895
$1,023,606
$84,153
8.2
14
$6,011
2009
895
$841,640
$73,293
8.7
14
$5,235
2008
895
$766,701
$94,258
12.3
14
$6,733
2007
895
$974,658
$84,605
8.7
14
$6,043
2006
895
$1,004,875
$83,451
8.3
14
$5,961
2005
895
$1,552,330
$83,106
5.4
14
$5,936
2004
895
$1,600,094
$80,115
5
14
$5,722
2003
895
$805,691
$72,617
9
14
$5,187
2002
895
$843,388
$68,215
8.1
13
$5,247
2001
895
$348,972
$76,466
21.9
12
$6,372
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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