That's a decrease of 4.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $501,672.
Deer Creek Township has a population of 1,383.
Since 2001, the Deer Creek Township budget has grown by 22.8 percent, from $389,776. The township population has fallen 7.8 percent over the same period, from 1,500.
Salaries accounted for 14.4 percent of township spending in 2017. Deer Creek Township property taxpayers paid $69,056 for six part-time employees, or an average of $11,509 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $36,886, or $3,074 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,383
$478,839
$69,056
14.4
6
$11,509
2016
1,383
$501,672
$72,788
14.5
6
$12,131
2015
1,383
$534,929
$71,484
13.4
6
$11,914
2014
1,383
$417,296
$65,052
15.6
5
$13,010
2013
1,383
$387,666
$65,285
16.8
5
$13,057
2012
1,383
$375,669
$68,969
18.4
5
$13,794
2011
1,383
$503,516
$80,624
16
5
$16,125
2010
1,200
$416,508
$68,944
16.6
5
$13,789
2009
1,200
$352,697
$65,321
18.5
5
$13,064
2008
1,200
$325,632
$56,114
17.2
4
$14,029
2007
1,200
$337,135
$58,580
17.4
11
$5,325
2006
1,200
$345,425
$58,250
16.9
11
$5,295
2005
1,200
$555,867
$70,896
12.8
11
$6,445
2004
1,200
$601,861
$64,178
10.7
11
$5,834
2003
1,200
$436,574
$47,664
10.9
11
$4,333
2002
1,156
$445,862
$45,567
10.2
10
$4,557
2001
1,500
$389,776
$36,886
9.5
12
$3,074
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.