That's an increase of 50.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $552,910.
Timber Township has a population of 2,511.
Since 2001, the Timber Township budget has grown by 45.5 percent, from $571,870. The township population has grown 112.8 percent over the same period, from 1,180.
Salaries accounted for 6.7 percent of township spending in 2016. Timber Township property taxpayers paid $55,454 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $4,266 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 13 part-time employees and spent $64,888, or $4,991 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,511
$832,229
$55,454
6.7
13
$4,266
2015
2,511
$552,910
$59,267
10.7
15
$3,951
2014
2,511
$768,023
$53,072
6.9
17
$3,122
2013
2,511
$743,742
$62,021
8.3
13
$4,771
2012
2,511
$730,355
$54,576
7.5
17
$3,210
2011
2,511
$849,064
$76,152
9
14
$5,439
2010
1,180
$805,177
$79,322
9.9
12
$6,610
2009
1,180
$826,776
$66,766
8.1
13
$5,136
2008
2,528
$812,858
$64,882
8
12
$5,407
2007
1,180
$829,539
$67,265
8.1
11
$6,115
2006
1,180
$810,813
$112,483
13.9
12
$9,374
2005
1,180
$806,033
$61,512
7.6
12
$5,126
2004
1,180
$765,107
$61,215
8
12
$5,101
2003
1,180
$699,146
$63,369
9.1
11
$5,761
2002
1,180
$581,175
$63,413
10.9
13
$4,878
2001
1,180
$571,870
$64,888
11.3
13
$4,991
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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