That's an increase of 9.4 percent from 2014, when the village spent $148,217, or $1,950.22 per household.
Buncombe has 76 households and a population of 186.
Since 2001, the Village of Buncombe budget has grown by 105.9 percent, from $78,775. The village population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 5.5 percent of village spending in 2015. Buncombe property taxpayers paid $8,987.22 for one part-time employee, or an average of $8,987.22 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the village had one part-time employee and spent $4,958.03, or $4,958.03 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2015
186
$162,185.10
$8,987.22
5.5
1
$8,987.22
2014
86
$148,217
$5,847.31
3.9
1
$5,847.31
2013
186
$149,557.20
$6,552
4.4
1
$6,552
2012
186
$152,534
$8,013.60
5.3
1
$8,013.60
2003
186
$88,726.44
$5,349.96
6
1
$5,349.96
2002
186
$95,175
$3,481.65
3.7
1
$3,481.65
2001
186
$78,775
$4,958.03
6.3
1
$4,958.03
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.