That's a decrease of 1.2 percent from 2014, when the city spent $2.54 million, or $422,945.64 per household.
Athens has 6 households and a population of 2,000.
Since 2001, the City of Athens budget has fallen by 8.6 percent, from $2.74 million. The city population has grown 15.9 percent over the same period, from 1,726.
Salaries accounted for 21.3 percent of city spending in 2015. Athens property taxpayers paid $534,865.56 for nine full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had nine full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $476,894.26.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,000
$2,507,636.34
$534,865.56
21.3
15
$35,657.70
2014
2,000
$2,537,673.83
$484,277.16
19.1
15
$32,285.14
2013
1,726
$7,383,584
$440,287.12
6
13
$33,868.24
2012
1,726
$6,368,123.84
$413,793.26
6.5
15
$27,586.21
2011
1,726
$5,684,874.84
$460,162.08
8.1
14
$32,868.72
2010
1,726
$8,688,988.98
$494,870.19
5.7
17
$29,110.01
2009
1,726
$4,073,323.43
$541,355.88
13.3
17
$31,844.46
2008
1,726
$5,843,104.57
$552,875.10
9.5
21
$26,327.38
2007
1,726
$2,564,303.04
$549,701.10
21.4
17
$32,335.35
2006
1,726
$2,177,542.80
$480,385.20
22.1
17
$28,257.95
2005
1,726
$2,668,445.28
$447,477.56
16.8
14
$31,962.68
2004
1,726
$2,274,357.72
$456,318.15
20.1
15
$30,421.20
2003
1,726
$3,972,565.08
$440,920.92
11.1
13
$33,916.99
2002
1,726
$4,921,325.10
$463,635.90
9.4
13
$35,664.30
2001
1,726
$2,742,311.19
$476,894.26
17.4
13
$36,684.17
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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