That's a decrease of 12.1 percent from 2014, when the village spent $398,404, or $2,474.56 per household.
Malden has 161 households and a population of 362.
Since 2001, the Village of Malden budget has grown by 56 percent, from $224,495.05. The village population has grown 5.5 percent over the same period, from 343.
Salaries accounted for four percent of village spending in 2015. Malden property taxpayers paid $14,116.80 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $1,411.68 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had 15 part-time employees and spent $28,134.32, or $1,875.62 each.
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.