That's a decrease of 15 percent from 2016, when the township spent $212,918.
Houston Township has a population of 220.
Since 2001, the Houston Township budget has grown by 9.7 percent, from $165,011. The township population has grown 10 percent over the same period, from 200.
Salaries accounted for 12 percent of township spending in 2017. Houston Township property taxpayers paid $21,752 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $2,417 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and six part-time employees, and spent $25,316.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
220
$181,038
$21,752
12
9
$2,417
2016
220
$212,918
$26,275
12.3
10
$2,628
2015
220
$170,016
$22,715
13.4
7
$3,245
2014
220
$157,854
$22,546
14.3
7
$3,221
2013
250
$144,415
$22,270
15.4
7
$3,181
2012
250
$81,489
$23,680
29.1
9
$2,631
2011
250
$84,521
$27,888
33
11
$2,535
2010
250
$79,841
$24,132
30.2
8
$3,016
2009
750
$113,832
$21,750
19.1
7
$3,107
2008
250
$79,112
$17,963
22.7
7
$2,566
2007
250
$76,067
$19,398
25.5
7
$2,771
2006
250
$87,738
$23,450
26.7
7
$3,350
2005
250
$121,624
$24,656
20.3
7
$3,522
2004
250
$135,056
$25,355
18.8
7
$3,622
2003
250
$139,333
$24,874
17.9
6
$4,146
2002
250
$154,449
$25,894
16.8
7
$3,699
2001
200
$165,011
$25,316
15.3
7
$3,617
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.