That's a decrease of 84.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $24.87 million.
Lemont Township has a population of 19,000.
Since 2001, the Lemont Township budget has grown by 208.1 percent, from $1.25 million. The township population has grown 5.6 percent over the same period, from 18,000.
Salaries accounted for 8.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Lemont Township property taxpayers paid $320,713 for eight full-time employees and 11 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had four full-time employees and two part-time employees, and spent $162,407.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
19,000
$3,866,129
$320,713
8.3
19
$16,880
2015
19,000
$24,865,196
$538,878
2.2
19
$28,362
2014
19,000
$3,728,811
$371,229
10
21
$17,678
2013
19,000
$3,300,268
$355,015
10.8
21
$16,905
2012
21,000
$4,290,037
$348,064
8.1
13
$26,774
2011
19,000
$4,213,172
$344,491
8.2
11
$31,317
2010
19,000
$4,832,888
$282,733
5.9
12
$23,561
2009
19,000
$6,718,908
$363,243
5.4
12
$30,270
2008
19,000
$6,355,431
$329,714
5.2
12
$27,476
2007
19,000
$6,066,860
$297,140
4.9
12
$24,762
2006
19,000
$6,073,934
$289,968
4.8
12
$24,164
2005
19,000
$6,137,700
$300,739
4.9
6
$50,123
2004
19,000
$6,527,759
$264,862
4.1
6
$44,144
2003
19,000
$10,327,897
$244,737
2.4
6
$40,790
2002
17,500
$15,792,365
$177,432
1.1
6
$29,572
2001
18,000
$1,254,912
$162,407
12.9
6
$27,068
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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