That's a decrease of 20.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $2.44 million.
Kankakee Township has a population of 28,029.
Since 2001, the Kankakee Township budget has fallen by 41.8 percent, from $3.32 million. The township population has grown 0.1 percent over the same period, from 28,000.
Salaries accounted for 34.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Kankakee Township property taxpayers paid $659,431 for seven full-time employees and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the township had 16 full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $657,856.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
28,029
$1,934,481
$659,431
34.1
8
$82,429
2016
28,029
$2,438,205
$738,464
30.3
8
$92,308
2015
28,029
$3,763,371
$759,906
20.2
9
$84,434
2014
28,029
$3,487,393
$714,986
20.5
19
$37,631
2013
28,029
$3,387,258
$706,314
20.9
19
$37,174
2012
28,029
$3,520,319
$666,243
18.9
19
$35,065
2011
28,029
$2,671,377
$685,147
25.6
19
$36,060
2010
28,029
$2,367,666
$767,423
32.4
28
$27,408
2009
28,029
$2,226,488
$731,176
32.8
19
$38,483
2008
28,029
$2,517,360
$759,819
30.2
17
$44,695
2007
28,029
$2,294,753
$719,417
31.4
18
$39,968
2006
28,029
$1,621,384
$709,214
43.7
18
$39,401
2005
28,000
$2,403,148
$705,123
29.3
19
$37,112
2004
28,000
$2,880,108
$725,004
25.2
19
$38,158
2003
28,000
$2,767,430
$722,224
26.1
20
$36,111
2002
28,000
$2,932,727
$733,604
25
20
$36,680
2001
28,000
$3,324,937
$657,856
19.8
19
$34,624
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.