That's a decrease of 15.9 percent from 2016, when the township spent $632,499.
Hopewell Township has a population of 562.
Since 2001, the Hopewell Township budget has grown by 94.1 percent, from $273,911. The township population has grown 1.8 percent over the same period, from 552.
Salaries accounted for 7.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Hopewell Township property taxpayers paid $40,282 for seven part-time employees, or an average of $5,755 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $26,331, or $3,762 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
562
$531,750
$40,282
7.6
7
$5,755
2016
562
$632,499
$39,362
6.2
10
$3,936
2015
562
$543,619
$40,332
7.4
10
$4,033
2014
562
$567,311
$42,977
7.6
10
$4,298
2013
552
$551,101
$39,290
7.1
7
$5,613
2012
552
$562,871
$27,871
5
7
$3,982
2011
562
$565,672
$37,008
6.5
12
$3,084
2010
552
$494,665
$36,169
7.3
8
$4,521
2009
552
$455,283
$28,674
6.3
7
$4,096
2008
552
$419,913
$28,862
6.9
7
$4,123
2007
552
$383,159
$30,095
7.9
7
$4,299
2006
552
$355,956
$30,510
8.6
9
$3,390
2005
552
$362,128
$28,240
7.8
7
$4,034
2004
552
$379,800
$29,109
7.7
7
$4,158
2003
552
$314,851
$29,353
9.3
7
$4,193
2002
552
$294,497
$30,432
10.3
8
$3,804
2001
552
$273,911
$26,331
9.6
7
$3,762
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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