That's an increase of 173.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $277,204.
Spring Township has a population of 1,001.
Since 2001, the Spring Township budget has grown by 22.4 percent, from $619,870. The township population has fallen three percent over the same period, from 1,032.
Salaries accounted for 22.7 percent of township spending in 2016. Spring Township property taxpayers paid $172,437 for 20 part-time employees, or an average of $8,622 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 15 part-time employees and spent $56,605, or $3,774 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,001
$758,981
$172,437
22.7
20
$8,622
2015
1,001
$277,204
$71,409
25.8
20
$3,570
2014
1,001
$314,690
$50,007
15.9
28
$1,786
2013
1,100
$472,416
$58,187
12.3
20
$2,909
2012
1,100
$512,487
$56,019
10.9
20
$2,801
2011
1,100
$522,789
$57,093
10.9
18
$3,172
2010
1,100
$514,336
$59,712
11.6
20
$2,986
2009
1,100
$554,738
$54,104
9.8
25
$2,164
2008
1,100
$423,726
$52,677
12.4
25
$2,107
2007
1,100
$428,292
$48,663
11.4
16
$3,041
2006
1,001
$397,124
$47,986
12.1
21
$2,285
2005
1,001
$410,376
$50,928
12.4
16
$3,183
2004
1,200
$546,745
$55,637
10.2
14
$3,974
2003
1,200
$504,134
$54,873
10.9
14
$3,920
2002
1,032
$484,147
$55,927
11.6
16
$3,495
2001
1,032
$619,870
$56,605
9.1
15
$3,774
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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