That's a decrease of 8.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $536,739.
Patoka Township has a population of 1,040.
Since 2001, the Patoka Township budget has grown by 84.3 percent, from $267,485. The township population has fallen 15.3 percent over the same period, from 1,228.
Salaries accounted for 16.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Patoka Township property taxpayers paid $81,662 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and nine part-time employees, and spent $97,342.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,040
$492,915
$81,662
16.6
10
$8,166
2016
1,040
$536,739
$76,079
14.2
10
$7,608
2015
1,040
$532,229
$78,635
14.8
9
$8,737
2014
1,040
$292,833
$77,857
26.6
12
$6,488
2013
1,038
$389,209
$74,813
19.2
12
$6,234
2012
1,038
$439,948
$84,402
19.2
12
$7,033
2011
1,164
$347,137
$87,473
25.2
12
$7,289
2008
1,228
$295,220
$72,493
24.6
10
$7,249
2007
1,228
$307,837
$75,963
24.7
9
$8,440
2006
1,228
$267,419
$82,839
31
8
$10,355
2005
1,228
$295,265
$99,954
33.9
11
$9,087
2003
1,228
$254,388
$103,511
40.7
11
$9,410
2001
1,228
$267,485
$97,342
36.4
11
$8,849
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.