Census takers will knock on doors next year.
Village officials said this week that revenues to be gained by adding the newest residents to the village head count would more than justify the cost.
The special census won’t be a full-court press, however, Assistant Village Administrator Kirk Zoellner said.
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Although growth continues, it has been slower than expected, so the village will be looking for a partial census that concentrates on areas of new construction, he said.
Population forecasts calculated early this year predicted 2,000 new residents moving into 850 new homes by the spring of 2007, but housing starts this year slowed to about 740 and the forecast was downsized, he added.
The population gain may not be as large as expected, but it’s still enough to provide a significant increase in the town’s share of population-based revenues from the state, Zoellner said.
A full census would cost $178,000 and hike the yearly state revenues by $631,380 per year until the next official census in 2010, but a partial census would cost just $98,000 and bring in $620,250 annually, he said. The census is scheduled to take place next spring.