How does Coos County spend its money and what about our neighbors?

Here's a look at spending for the mathematically minded.

Coos County

New roadmaster? The county and the top candidate are working on contract details. Until a deal is struck, county officials declined to comment on whether the candidate is local or a current road department employee.

Layoff list

♦ Maintenance workers: 19

• Maintenance worker I  — $30,696 to $33,468 (2008-09 fiscal year salary).

• Maintenance worker II — $34,492 to $36,028.

• Maintenance worker III — $34,920 to $35,940.

• Maintenance worker IV — $36,456.

♦  Total cost to Coos County including and salary and benefits, taxes, Public Employee Retirement System and insurance costs:

• Maintenance worker I  — $58,505 to $62,530.

• Maintenance worker II — $61,591 to $64,077.

• Maintenance worker III — $60, 063 to $68,079.

• Maintenance worker IV — $62,182 to $67,046.

• Maintenance division total: $1.19 million.

♦  Fleet Service workers: 2

• 2008-09 fiscal year salary, benefits, PERS and insurance costs:

• Fleet Service II — $63,922 and  $67,067

• Fleet service division total: $130,989

♦ Clerical staff: 1

2008-09 fiscal year salary, benefits, PERS and insurance costs:

• Clerical — $52,096

• Clerical division total — $52,096

• Total yearly cost: $1,376,867 *

* Note cost totals are for entire 2008-09 budget year, which started on July 1, 2008. Laid off workers will be employed with the county through Jan. 20, more than half the budget year. Commissioner Kevin Stufflebean said implementing cuts mid-year would save the county $250,000 to $300,000 after unemployment costs are paid.

Coos County overall

Total Road Department 2008-09 budget — $16.1 million

There is $4.4 million listed as a donation in the 2008-09 budget. The amount is an in-kind “donation” of work the U.S. Forest Service will pay for on a stretch of county road on Powers Highway south of Powers.

• Road Survey Division: $50,996

• Road Maintenance Division: $5,244,294*

• Fleet Services Division: $1,647,542 *   

• Capital Projects Division: $6,597,384; $4.7 million is federal money that passes through the county to pay for designated projects.

• Road Miscellaneous (contingency and unappropriated): $2,631,626

*Road maintenance and fleet services budgets will be affected by layoffs.

♦  Equipment maintenance costs between December 2004 and December 2008: $2.76 million

♦ State gas tax revenue to Coos County in last five years:

• 2003-04 budget year — $3,145,422

• 2004-05 budget year — $3,150,041

• 2005-06 budget year — $3,284,675

• 2006-07 budget year — $3,228,390

• 007-08 budget year — $2,811,356

Five year projections for the Road Division

♦ 2009-10: $3,698,672

• Fleet Service: $1,375,173

• Capital Projects: $1,508,504

• Conting/unapprop.: $3,143,700

• Number of employees: 17

• Total Expenditures: $9,726,048

• Total Revenue: $9,749,761

• Difference: $23,713

♦ 2010-11: $3,592,219

• Fleet Service: $1,158,755

• Capital Projects: $1,561,004

• Conting/unapprop: $2,413,700

• Number of employees: 17

• Total Expenditures: $8,725,678

• Total Revenue: $8,733,874

• Difference: $8,196

♦ 2011-12: $3,529,682

• Fleet Service: $1,052,995

• Capital Projects: $1,607,129

• Conting/unapprop: $2,243,700

• Number of employees: 17

• Total Expenditures: $8,433,506

• Total Revenue: $8,479,232

•  Difference: $45,726

♦ 2012-13: $3,465,337

• Fleet Service: $968,746

• Capital Projects: $1,557,910

• Conting/unapprop: $1,643,700

• Number of employees: 17

• Total Expenditures: $7,635,693

• Total Revenue: $7,711,793

• Difference: $76,100

♦ 2013-14: $3,419,186

• Fleet Service: $902,394

• Capital Projects: $1,237,381

• Conting/unapprop: $2,043,700

• Number of employees: 17

• Total Expenditures: $7,602,661

• Total Revenue: $7,685,755

• Difference: $83,094

Douglas county

♦ Douglas County salary (not including benefits or insurance): m Laborer (entry level) — $22,360.

• Truck Driver — $24,668.

• Machine operator — $27,206.

• Heavy machine operator — $29,869.

• Road Department 2008-09 fiscal year salary with benefits.

• Laborer (entry level) — $34,658.

• Truck driver — $38,236.

• Machine operator — $42,170.

• Heavy machine operator — $46,297.

Curry County

♦ Curry County salary average alone:

• Maintenance II worker: $33,280.

• Curry County total cost: $58,240.