That's a decrease of 21.5 percent from 2016, when the township spent $615,615.
Eastern Township has a population of 550.
Since 2001, the Eastern Township budget has grown by 272.5 percent, from $129,809. The township population has fallen 8.6 percent over the same period, from 602.
Salaries accounted for 28.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Eastern Township property taxpayers paid $138,727 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $13,873 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had eight part-time employees and spent $38,408, or $4,801 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
550
$483,480
$138,727
28.7
10
$13,873
2016
582
$615,615
$113,561
18.4
7
$16,223
2015
582
$318,494
$97,839
30.7
10
$9,784
2014
582
$272,526
$74,680
27.4
11
$6,789
2013
582
$364,796
$85,455
23.4
13
$6,573
2012
602
$308,143
$66,558
21.6
10
$6,656
2011
602
$351,453
$68,718
19.6
8
$8,590
2010
602
$347,031
$60,019
17.3
10
$6,002
2009
602
$361,589
$50,235
13.9
7
$7,176
2008
602
$127,163
$53,393
42
8
$6,674
2007
602
$106,067
$38,132
36
7
$5,447
2006
602
$116,545
$39,626
34
6
$6,604
2005
602
$123,772
$41,501
33.5
7
$5,929
2004
602
$97,686
$43,175
44.2
6
$7,196
2003
602
$123,454
$48,313
39.1
5
$9,663
2002
602
$117,907
$39,550
33.5
5
$7,910
2001
602
$129,809
$38,408
29.6
8
$4,801
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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