That's a decrease of 3.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $613,562.
Lacon Township has a population of 1,937.
Since 2001, the Lacon Township budget has grown by 75 percent, from $339,700. The township population has fallen 2.1 percent over the same period, from 1,979.
Salaries accounted for 7.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Lacon Township property taxpayers paid $45,493 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $4,136 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 15 part-time employees and spent $34,557, or $2,304 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,937
$594,580
$45,493
7.7
11
$4,136
2016
1,937
$613,562
$46,152
7.5
11
$4,196
2015
1,937
$501,115
$46,270
9.2
11
$4,206
2014
1,937
$411,651
$45,396
11
11
$4,127
2013
1,937
$398,682
$41,721
10.5
11
$3,793
2012
1,937
$412,620
$40,260
9.8
12
$3,355
2011
2,492
$409,004
$42,164
10.3
13
$3,243
2010
2,492
$385,035
$41,027
10.7
13
$3,156
2009
2,492
$389,084
$40,419
10.4
13
$3,109
2008
2,492
$412,133
$40,705
9.9
13
$3,131
2007
2,492
$371,185
$43,381
11.7
13
$3,337
2006
2,492
$355,438
$41,974
11.8
13
$3,229
2005
2,492
$325,725
$39,606
12.2
13
$3,047
2004
2,492
$464,411
$45,200
9.7
13
$3,477
2003
2,492
$377,740
$43,596
11.5
15
$2,906
2002
1,979
$372,400
$45,550
12.2
15
$3,037
2001
1,979
$339,700
$34,557
10.2
15
$2,304
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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