That's a decrease of 26.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $541,539.
Cass Township has a population of 6,430.
Since 2001, the Cass Township budget has grown by 47.6 percent, from $268,418. The township population has grown 893.8 percent over the same period, from 647.
Salaries accounted for 7.7 percent of township spending in 2016. Cass Township property taxpayers paid $30,324 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $2,757 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 13 part-time employees and spent $26,332, or $2,026 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
6,430
$396,302
$30,324
7.7
11
$2,757
2015
6,430
$541,539
$32,388
6
11
$2,944
2014
6,430
$227,192
$14,750
6.5
11
$1,341
2013
6,430
$210,088
$21,808
10.4
9
$2,423
2012
6,430
$225,967
$23,103
10.2
9
$2,567
2011
643
$239,468
$18,614
7.8
8
$2,327
2010
643
$253,444
$19,460
7.7
8
$2,432
2009
643
$173,582
$21,276
12.3
8
$2,660
2008
643
$142,470
$21,651
15.2
8
$2,706
2007
643
$197,649
$24,363
12.3
12
$2,030
2006
643
$203,949
$24,163
11.8
8
$3,020
2005
643
$192,910
$21,113
10.9
10
$2,111
2004
643
$340,061
$27,227
8
11
$2,475
2003
643
$444,539
$29,411
6.6
11
$2,674
2002
643
$333,395
$25,924
7.8
16
$1,620
2001
647
$268,418
$26,332
9.8
13
$2,026
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.