That's an increase of 26.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $264,591.
Valley Township has a population of 293.
Since 2001, the Valley Township budget has grown by 10.1 percent, from $303,481. The township population has fallen 22.9 percent over the same period, from 380.
Salaries accounted for 7.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Valley Township property taxpayers paid $26,513 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $2,651 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had eight part-time employees and spent $27,213, or $3,402 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
293
$334,063
$26,513
7.9
10
$2,651
2016
293
$264,591
$28,148
10.6
10
$2,815
2015
293
$267,110
$25,868
9.7
11
$2,352
2014
293
$247,613
$28,948
11.7
14
$2,068
2013
293
$237,288
$25,493
10.7
11
$2,318
2012
293
$207,125
$28,112
13.6
11
$2,556
2011
388
$327,353
$28,161
8.6
11
$2,560
2010
349
$338,997
$27,726
8.2
10
$2,773
2009
349
$224,064
$25,328
11.3
10
$2,533
2008
349
$255,554
$25,164
9.8
10
$2,516
2007
349
$223,947
$26,240
11.7
10
$2,624
2006
349
$263,453
$26,329
10
10
$2,633
2005
349
$264,931
$24,445
9.2
10
$2,445
2004
349
$293,593
$26,244
8.9
14
$1,875
2003
349
$281,837
$27,244
9.7
13
$2,096
2002
349
$337,816
$29,733
8.8
14
$2,124
2001
380
$303,481
$27,213
9
8
$3,402
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.