That's an increase of 29.6 percent from 2015, when the township spent $852,456.
Dry Grove Township has a population of 1,600.
Since 2001, the Dry Grove Township budget has grown by 50.4 percent, from $734,566. The township population has fallen 5.9 percent over the same period, from 1,700.
Salaries accounted for 8.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Dry Grove Township property taxpayers paid $91,136 for 16 part-time employees, or an average of $5,696 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 19 part-time employees and spent $61,911, or $3,258 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,600
$1,104,972
$91,136
8.2
16
$5,696
2015
1,600
$852,456
$76,710
9
17
$4,512
2014
1,600
$776,083
$82,125
10.6
14
$5,866
2013
1,600
$747,397
$87,299
11.7
18
$4,850
2012
1,700
$1,106,960
$81,997
7.4
20
$4,100
2011
1,700
$1,311,738
$87,882
6.7
17
$5,170
2010
1,700
$1,051,474
$65,472
6.2
12
$5,456
2009
1,700
$1,034,403
$64,733
6.3
19
$3,407
2008
1,700
$1,027,935
$60,576
5.9
19
$3,188
2007
1,700
$1,088,089
$61,634
5.7
17
$3,626
2006
1,700
$1,067,204
$62,909
5.9
19
$3,311
2005
1,700
$1,056,091
$61,945
5.9
20
$3,097
2004
1,700
$856,972
$62,597
7.3
21
$2,981
2003
1,700
$762,581
$62,068
8.1
18
$3,448
2002
1,700
$985,499
$61,999
6.3
17
$3,647
2001
1,700
$734,566
$61,911
8.4
19
$3,258
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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