That's a decrease of 1.8 percent from 2016, when the city spent $13.13 million.
Coal has a population of 5,434.
Since 2001, the Village of Coal City budget has grown by 276.8 percent, from $3.42 million. The city population has grown 39.2 percent over the same period, from 3,904.
Salaries accounted for 14.8 percent of city spending in 2017. Coal property taxpayers paid $1.90 million for 26 full-time employees and 35 part-time employees.
In 2001, the city had 48 full-time employees and spent $1.29 million, or $26,922 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
5,434
$12,893,359
$1,903,058
14.8
61
$31,198
2016
5,587
$13,126,912
$1,963,257
15
57
$34,443
2015
5,587
$10,795,900
$1,940,867
18
58
$33,463
2014
5,587
$11,795,987
$1,728,980
14.7
62
$27,887
2013
5,587
$12,128,482
$1,733,024
14.3
42
$41,262
2012
5,587
$10,269,867
$1,742,425
17
42
$41,486
2011
5,587
$11,704,621
$1,768,978
15.1
42
$42,119
2010
4,797
$12,574,796
$1,882,573
15
42
$44,823
2009
4,797
$10,732,802
$1,878,015
17.5
42
$44,715
2008
4,797
$10,692,163
$1,677,220
15.7
37
$45,330
2007
4,797
$8,817,184
$1,519,062
17.2
37
$41,056
2006
4,797
$5,474,625
$1,374,623
25.1
37
$37,152
2005
4,797
$6,622,850
$1,343,688
20.3
35
$38,391
2004
4,797
$9,256,854
$1,456,620
15.7
35
$41,618
2003
4,797
$4,823,240
$1,366,003
28.3
42
$32,524
2002
3,904
$3,069,220
$1,295,347
42.2
48
$26,986
2001
3,904
$3,421,490
$1,292,260
37.8
48
$26,922
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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