That's an increase of six percent from 2016, when the township spent $571,305.
Prairie Du Long Township has a population of 2,244.
Since 2001, the Prairie Du Long Township budget has grown by 80.2 percent, from $335,830. The township population has grown 87 percent over the same period, from 1,200.
Salaries accounted for 9.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Prairie Du Long Township property taxpayers paid $59,436 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $5,944 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $45,440, or $6,491 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,244
$605,332
$59,436
9.8
10
$5,944
2016
2,244
$571,305
$78,763
13.8
9
$8,751
2015
2,244
$596,127
$88,958
14.9
11
$8,087
2014
2,244
$705,036
$82,171
11.7
14
$5,869
2013
2,244
$651,522
$78,406
12
17
$4,612
2012
2,244
$632,905
$79,510
12.6
16
$4,969
2011
2,244
$656,131
$71,619
10.9
13
$5,509
2010
1,990
$701,670
$69,965
10
14
$4,998
2009
1,990
$324,675
$73,006
22.5
14
$5,215
2008
1,990
$347,900
$64,511
18.5
13
$4,962
2005
1,700
$279,500
$52,000
18.6
7
$7,429
2004
1,600
$266,660
$48,240
18.1
7
$6,891
2003
1,500
$500,072
$46,240
9.2
7
$6,606
2002
1,300
$514,780
$44,800
8.7
7
$6,400
2001
1,200
$335,830
$45,440
13.5
7
$6,491
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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