That's a decrease of five percent from 2015, when the township spent $747,916.
Ellington Township has a population of 2,838.
Since 2001, the Ellington Township budget has grown by 36.6 percent, from $520,004. The township population has fallen 2.5 percent over the same period, from 2,911.
Salaries accounted for 7.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Ellington Township property taxpayers paid $51,156 for one full-time employee and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 10 part-time employees and spent $57,122, or $5,712 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,838
$710,410
$51,156
7.2
7
$7,308
2015
2,855
$747,916
$51,643
6.9
7
$7,378
2014
2,855
$526,317
$53,180
10.1
9
$5,909
2013
2,855
$560,115
$52,877
9.4
9
$5,875
2012
2,855
$565,301
$46,363
8.2
10
$4,636
2011
2,911
$750,122
$62,723
8.4
10
$6,272
2010
2,911
$742,739
$58,635
7.9
9
$6,515
2009
2,911
$712,793
$58,719
8.2
10
$5,872
2008
2,911
$508,628
$54,740
10.8
10
$5,474
2007
2,911
$695,431
$55,950
8
9
$6,217
2006
2,911
$529,344
$56,354
10.6
10
$5,635
2005
2,911
$493,708
$56,050
11.4
9
$6,228
2004
2,911
$524,979
$5,802
1.1
9
$645
2003
2,911
$520,132
$62,952
12.1
9
$6,995
2002
2,911
$575,400
$60,495
10.5
10
$6,050
2001
2,911
$520,004
$57,122
11
10
$5,712
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.