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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Ottawa Township

Budget 12

The Ottawa Township budget was $1.37 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 40.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $974,033.

Ottawa Township has a population of 8,290.

Since 2001, the Ottawa Township budget has grown by 57 percent, from $872,590. The township population has fallen 35.6 percent over the same period, from 12,871.

Salaries accounted for 14.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Ottawa Township property taxpayers paid $202,712 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $13,514 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the township had 19 part-time employees and spent $136,811, or $7,201 each.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
8,290
$1,369,937
$202,712
14.8
15
$13,514
2016
8,290
$974,033
$172,695
17.7
24
$7,196
2015
12,584
$1,130,246
$156,814
13.9
21
$7,467
2014
12,584
$892,763
$156,690
17.6
21
$7,461
2013
11,766
$4,947,804
$145,438
2.9
21
$6,926
2012
12,584
$925,192
$154,479
16.7
21
$7,356
2011
11,766
$2,117,620
$188,985
8.9
21
$8,999
2010
12,871
$1,604,265
$174,038
10.8
25
$6,962
2009
12,871
$1,122,908
$210,625
18.8
28
$7,522
2008
12,871
$972,533
$190,834
19.6
32
$5,964
2007
12,871
$1,166,930
$184,929
15.8
26
$7,113
2006
12,871
$912,500
$160,586
17.6
26
$6,176
2005
12,871
$838,630
$176,653
21.1
23
$7,681
2004
12,871
$803,330
$196,077
24.4
16
$12,255
2003
12,871
$930,920
$206,263
22.2
16
$12,891
2002
12,871
$998,200
$191,247
19.2
18
$10,625
2001
12,871
$872,590
$136,811
15.7
19
$7,201

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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