That's an increase of 26.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $744,581.
Sandwich Township has a population of 7,709.
Since 2001, the Sandwich Township budget has grown by 15.3 percent, from $817,189. The township population has grown 28.5 percent over the same period, from 6,000.
Salaries accounted for 12.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Sandwich Township property taxpayers paid $119,130 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $9,927 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $108,245, or $9,020 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
7,709
$942,582
$119,130
12.6
12
$9,927
2016
7,709
$744,581
$118,018
15.9
12
$9,835
2015
7,709
$754,296
$119,142
15.8
12
$9,928
2014
7,709
$845,191
$120,541
14.3
12
$10,045
2013
7,709
$788,346
$108,195
13.7
12
$9,016
2012
6,535
$761,016
$104,666
13.8
12
$8,722
2011
6,535
$809,792
$105,712
13.1
12
$8,809
2010
6,535
$1,014,093
$105,195
10.4
12
$8,766
2009
6,535
$1,069,766
$117,288
11
12
$9,774
2008
6,535
$1,046,179
$114,401
10.9
12
$9,533
2007
6,535
$949,638
$114,079
12
12
$9,507
2006
6,535
$897,044
$109,023
12.2
12
$9,085
2005
6,535
$972,134
$108,089
11.1
12
$9,007
2004
6,535
$783,130
$111,125
14.2
12
$9,260
2003
6,535
$772,929
$107,912
14
12
$8,993
2002
6,535
$771,652
$110,786
14.4
12
$9,232
2001
6,000
$817,189
$108,245
13.2
12
$9,020
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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