That's an increase of 106.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $982,298.
Little Rock Township has a population of 13,500.
Since 2001, the Little Rock Township budget has grown by 40.8 percent, from $1.44 million. The township population has grown 80 percent over the same period, from 7,500.
Salaries accounted for 17.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Little Rock Township property taxpayers paid $351,591 for eight full-time employees and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $98,488.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
13,500
$2,029,908
$351,591
17.3
9
$39,066
2016
13,000
$982,298
$362,804
36.9
9
$40,312
2015
13,000
$897,584
$392,200
43.7
5
$78,440
2014
13,482
$891,106
$330,521
37.1
24
$13,772
2013
11,053
$894,714
$308,383
34.5
8
$38,548
2012
11,035
$900,223
$304,364
33.8
13
$23,413
2011
16,000
$1,691,213
$298,704
17.7
20
$14,935
2010
16,000
$1,616,672
$287,165
17.8
21
$13,675
2009
16,000
$2,346,479
$283,944
12.1
15
$18,930
2008
16,000
$1,676,920
$295,658
17.6
14
$21,118
2007
15,500
$2,182,340
$267,330
12.2
11
$24,303
2006
8,000
$1,903,500
$252,568
13.3
9
$28,063
2005
7,500
$1,952,146
$203,012
10.4
9
$22,557
2004
7,500
$1,941,451
$197,296
10.2
8
$24,662
2003
7,500
$1,921,369
$192,535
10
13
$14,810
2002
7,500
$1,964,840
$205,366
10.5
11
$18,670
2001
7,500
$1,441,482
$98,488
6.8
6
$16,415
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.