That's a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $527,778.
Spring Lake Township has a population of 1,887.
Since 2001, the Spring Lake Township budget has grown by 5.3 percent, from $492,733. The township population has fallen two percent over the same period, from 1,926.
Salaries accounted for 20 percent of township spending in 2017. Spring Lake Township property taxpayers paid $104,000 for three full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $98,822.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,887
$518,888
$104,000
20
12
$8,667
2016
2,011
$527,778
$109,749
20.8
12
$9,146
2015
2,011
$506,327
$113,632
22.4
14
$8,117
2014
2,800
$570,203
$114,995
20.2
21
$5,476
2013
2,011
$521,898
$108,301
20.8
18
$6,017
2012
2,011
$570,511
$96,020
16.8
18
$5,334
2011
2,067
$565,254
$106,270
18.8
19
$5,593
2010
2,057
$483,612
$113,414
23.5
9
$12,602
2009
2,057
$597,087
$105,107
17.6
9
$11,679
2008
1,950
$664,609
$98,284
14.8
9
$10,920
2007
1,950
$567,485
$99,162
17.5
14
$7,083
2006
1,950
$628,006
$99,635
15.9
10
$9,964
2005
1,950
$685,920
$93,898
13.7
10
$9,390
2004
1,950
$558,106
$101,894
18.3
10
$10,189
2003
1,930
$513,941
$97,917
19.1
17
$5,760
2002
1,926
$618,461
$97,922
15.8
15
$6,528
2001
1,926
$492,733
$98,822
20.1
15
$6,588
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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