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You might be able to get away with no overheads, and you probably don't want lots of overheads if you're recording in a very reflective room and are going for a dry close mic sound. Maybe just one well placed overall "room/overhead" mic if you need to get those cymbals in there.
Don't go crazy on the tom mics, but stretch your $$ for a good kick snare and hat mics.
You got to get the drums sounding right first. Check the many threads on how to get a nice dry and tight drum sound. What I find most important is a dead snare and kick. Duct tape or a wallet on the snare, helps to have a head that sounds right to begin with, like coated ambassadors. Pillows/blankets in the kick, take the front head off or get heads for the kick drum that don't resonate forever. Try taking the heads of the bottom of the toms as well.
The tighter the room sound the tighter your drum sound will be. Ideally you want a room that deads the sound, try surrounding the kit with heavy blankets or something.
Here's where I would start looking from with that budget, I know this doesn't neatly cover everything in your list, but you could do it with just these mics):
D112 - Inside Kick
SM57 - Snare Top
Josephcson c42 x2 (or other SD condenser maybe sm81) - Hat and bottom snare
Shure pg56 (or other cheap tom mics) x 3 - Toms
AT4050 (or SE, or Rode or...) - Room/outside kick (and general purpose ld condenser)
Drummer will also need a loud pair of closed headphones, HD280 would work, but I'm sure there are even cheaper options.
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