That's an increase of 23.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $90,524.
Independence Township has a population of 1,225.
Since 2001, the Independence Township budget has grown by 6.9 percent, from $104,569. The township population has grown 11.4 percent over the same period, from 1,100.
Salaries accounted for 20.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Independence Township property taxpayers paid $22,668 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $2,267 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and seven part-time employees, and spent $39,773.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,225
$111,773
$22,668
20.3
10
$2,267
2015
1,225
$90,524
$26,240
29
10
$2,624
2014
1,225
$164,300
$34,472
21
10
$3,447
2013
1,225
$124,200
$30,753
24.8
10
$3,075
2012
1,225
$125,350
$27,250
21.7
9
$3,028
2010
1,221
$131,100
$27,824
21.2
9
$3,092
2009
1,100
$134,550
$28,437
21.1
9
$3,160
2008
1,100
$134,550
$30,398
22.6
9
$3,378
2007
1,100
$140,300
$25,472
18.2
9
$2,830
2006
1,100
$104,450
$29,530
28.3
9
$3,281
2005
1,100
$111,293
$28,150
25.3
9
$3,128
2004
1,100
$264,537
$28,412
10.7
8
$3,552
2003
1,100
$606,587
$25,379
4.2
4
$6,345
2002
1,100
$126,000
$28,363
22.5
8
$3,545
2001
1,100
$104,569
$39,773
38
8
$4,972
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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