That's a decrease of 3.4 percent from 2014, when the village spent $709,361, or $2,968.04 per household.
Wapella has 239 households and a population of 558.
Since 2001, the Village of Wapella budget has grown by 3.6 percent, from $661,162. The village population has fallen 8.2 percent over the same period, from 608.
Salaries accounted for 12.4 percent of village spending in 2015. Wapella property taxpayers paid $84,790.56 for two full-time employees and 21 part-time employees.
In 2001, the village had four part-time employees and spent $32,031.97, or $8,007.99 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
558
$685,236
$84,790.56
12.4
23
$3,686.54
2014
558
$709,361
$77,984.39
11
16
$4,874.02
2013
558
$793,925.60
$74,793.68
9.4
20
$3,739.68
2012
651
$657,328.26
$78,289.48
11.9
5
$15,657.89
2011
651
$892,534.68
$97,193.52
10.9
5
$19,438.70
2010
651
$1,056,502.44
$93,836.07
8.9
5
$18,767.21
2009
651
$939,821
$100,634.41
10.7
5
$20,126.88
2008
651
$820,493
$105,784.95
12.9
5
$21,156.99
2007
651
$835,637.40
$116,864.28
14
5
$23,372.85
2006
608
$806,880
$112,808.40
14
5
$22,561.68
2005
608
$825,840
$107,295.96
13
4
$26,823.99
2004
608
$730,075.50
$85,462.50
11.7
4
$21,365.62
2003
608
$827,905.32
$77,679.36
9.4
4
$19,419.84
2002
608
$763,560
$72,142.65
9.4
4
$18,035.66
2001
608
$661,162
$32,031.97
4.8
4
$8,007.99
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.