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Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The price of local government in 2017: City of Oglesby

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The City of Oglesby budget was $13.19 million for its 2017 fiscal year, or $7,609 per household.

That's a decrease of 11.4 percent from 2016, when the city spent $14.88 million, or $8,586 per household.

Oglesby has 1,733 households and a population of 4,381.

Since 2001, the City of Oglesby budget has fallen by 23.5 percent, from $17.24 million. The city population has grown 20.1 percent over the same period, from 3,647.

Salaries accounted for 14.7 percent of city spending in 2017. Oglesby property taxpayers paid $1.94 million for 29 full-time employees and 90 part-time employees.

In 2001, the city had 30 full-time employees and 85 part-time employees, and spent $1.56 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
4,381
$13,185,959
$1,936,595
14.7
119
$16,274
2016
4,381
$14,879,550
$2,109,558
14.2
119
$17,727
2015
4,381
$16,639,880
$2,081,489
12.5
119
$17,492
2014
4,381
$18,040,617
$1,952,885
10.8
119
$16,411
2013
4,381
$21,610,692
$1,983,421
9.2
111
$17,869
2012
4,381
$21,313,544
$2,015,211
9.5
113
$17,834
2011
4,381
$18,300,124
$2,095,388
11.5
113
$18,543
2010
4,381
$19,151,840
$1,968,208
10.3
110
$17,893
2009
4,381
$20,086,349
$2,066,250
10.3
107
$19,311
2008
4,381
$18,810,968
$2,031,196
10.8
107
$18,983
2007
3,619
$17,783,086
$1,940,267
10.9
106
$18,304
2006
3,619
$18,604,125
$1,883,646
10.1
117
$16,100
2005
3,619
$19,401,460
$1,709,326
8.8
120
$14,244
2004
3,619
$19,466,180
$1,707,352
8.8
116
$14,719
2003
3,650
$18,959,216
$1,678,037
8.9
115
$14,592
2002
3,647
$19,984,580
$2,003,791
10
115
$17,424
2001
3,647
$17,241,072
$1,561,472
9.1
115
$13,578

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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