That's an increase of 48.3 percent from 2015, when the city spent $113,314.
Forest City Township has a population of 520.
Since 2001, the Forest City Township budget has grown by 24 percent, from $135,454. The city population has fallen 24.1 percent over the same period, from 685.
Salaries accounted for 20.2 percent of city spending in 2016. Forest City Township property taxpayers paid $33,916 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $3,392 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the city had one full-time employee and three part-time employees, and spent $33,597.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
520
$168,000
$33,916
20.2
10
$3,392
2015
520
$113,314
$32,881
29
10
$3,288
2014
522
$119,304
$34,793
29.2
12
$2,899
2013
522
$221,510
$30,446
13.7
13
$2,342
2012
640
$179,506
$32,386
18
14
$2,313
2011
640
$161,590
$38,887
24.1
14
$2,778
2010
697
$210,786
$40,644
19.3
11
$3,695
2009
690
$216,333
$30,893
14.3
11
$2,808
2008
690
$240,201
$28,202
11.7
12
$2,350
2007
690
$250,466
$30,235
12.1
11
$2,749
2006
690
$256,000
$30,865
12.1
10
$3,087
2005
690
$266,240
$30,521
11.5
10
$3,052
2004
690
$274,432
$42,107
15.3
12
$3,509
2003
690
$278,528
$40,595
14.6
9
$4,511
2002
690
$141,820
$47,701
33.6
10
$4,770
2001
685
$135,454
$33,597
24.8
4
$8,399
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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