That's an increase of 6.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $849,015.
Palestine Township has a population of 532.
Since 2001, the Palestine Township budget has grown by 90.5 percent, from $475,061. The township population has grown 0.4 percent over the same period, from 530.
Salaries accounted for 7.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Palestine Township property taxpayers paid $65,442 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $5,034 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and eight part-time employees, and spent $81,433.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
532
$904,870
$65,442
7.2
13
$5,034
2016
532
$849,015
$75,058
8.8
13
$5,774
2015
532
$821,636
$73,197
8.9
10
$7,320
2014
532
$756,676
$72,715
9.6
13
$5,593
2013
532
$784,409
$67,645
8.6
14
$4,832
2012
532
$738,584
$64,799
8.8
13
$4,985
2011
532
$661,615
$69,313
10.5
11
$6,301
2010
532
$602,923
$70,125
11.6
12
$5,844
2009
532
$547,420
$56,637
10.3
12
$4,720
2008
530
$454,814
$55,012
12.1
12
$4,584
2007
530
$434,235
$58,583
13.5
9
$6,509
2006
530
$499,288
$61,049
12.2
13
$4,696
2005
530
$436,514
$64,204
14.7
13
$4,939
2004
530
$381,672
$65,111
17.1
9
$7,235
2003
530
$388,457
$65,993
17
9
$7,333
2002
530
$496,020
$76,604
15.4
9
$8,512
2001
530
$475,061
$81,433
17.1
9
$9,048
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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