That's a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2014, when the city spent $5.28 million, or $5,426.82 per household.
Petersburg has 973 households and a population of 2,300.
Since 2001, the City of Petersburg budget has grown by 88.7 percent, from $2.75 million. The city population has fallen 11.5 percent over the same period, from 2,600.
Salaries accounted for 16.4 percent of city spending in 2015. Petersburg property taxpayers paid $852,262.02 for 21 full-time employees and 32 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 16 full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $798,477.10.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
2,300
$5,188,248.36
$852,262.02
16.4
53
$16,080.41
2014
2,300
$5,280,292.94
$819,248.61
15.5
53
$15,457.52
2013
2,300
$5,536,020.88
$801,815.04
14.5
54
$14,848.42
2012
22,070
$4,039,158.62
$803,577.52
19.9
52
$15,453.41
2011
2,207
$3,936,871.08
$737,916.48
18.7
52
$14,190.70
2010
2,207
$4,441,542.90
$859,130.01
19.3
56
$15,341.60
2009
2,207
$4,404,849.61
$868,394.83
19.7
58
$14,972.32
2008
2,207
$3,966,341.81
$868,042.27
21.9
54
$16,074.85
2007
22,400
$5,671,329.30
$793,372.32
14
54
$14,692.07
2006
2,240
$6,134,061.60
$713,312.40
11.6
54
$13,209.48
2005
2,246
$9,495,536.84
$749,000.92
7.9
24
$31,208.37
2004
2,269
$4,055,926.41
$820,064.61
20.2
24
$34,169.35
2003
2,600
$4,575,464.52
$865,923.96
18.9
24
$36,080.16
2002
2,600
$2,155,184.55
$840,082.05
39
24
$35,003.41
2001
2,600
$2,749,553.01
$798,477.10
29
24
$33,269.87
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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