That's a decrease of 8.8 percent from 2016, when the township spent $177,534.
Bell Plain Township has a population of 400.
Since 2001, the Bell Plain Township budget has fallen by 36.3 percent, from $253,974. The township population has fallen 8.3 percent over the same period, from 436.
Salaries accounted for 21.4 percent of township spending in 2017. Bell Plain Township property taxpayers paid $34,718 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $4,340 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $39,858, or $3,322 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
400
$161,892
$34,718
21.4
8
$4,340
2016
400
$177,534
$35,077
19.8
9
$3,897
2015
400
$200,997
$38,407
19.1
9
$4,267
2014
400
$191,401
$38,876
20.3
9
$4,320
2013
400
$180,375
$34,980
19.4
9
$3,887
2012
400
$190,362
$27,437
14.4
9
$3,049
2011
436
$200,383
$37,284
18.6
9
$4,143
2010
434
$213,670
$38,014
17.8
9
$4,224
2009
434
$200,632
$38,247
19.1
9
$4,250
2008
434
$216,661
$39,509
18.2
9
$4,390
2007
436
$269,461
$40,176
14.9
9
$4,464
2006
436
$272,863
$40,044
14.7
9
$4,449
2005
439
$294,060
$37,086
12.6
10
$3,709
2004
439
$346,631
$40,046
11.6
13
$3,080
2003
437
$268,192
$40,633
15.2
10
$4,063
2002
439
$276,080
$41,671
15.1
9
$4,630
2001
436
$253,974
$39,858
15.7
12
$3,321
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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