That's a decrease of 6.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $7 million.
Rockford Township has a population of 178,527.
Since 2001, the Rockford Township budget has fallen by 1.8 percent, from $6.64 million. The township population has grown 2.8 percent over the same period, from 173,600.
Salaries accounted for 35.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Rockford Township property taxpayers paid $2.33 million for 39 full-time employees and 11 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 47 full-time employees and one part-time employee, and spent $2.24 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
178,527
$6,525,061
$2,326,125
35.6
50
$46,522
2015
178,527
$6,997,916
$2,368,366
33.8
50
$47,367
2014
178,853
$6,379,670
$2,330,528
36.5
51
$45,697
2013
178,853
$6,477,188
$2,284,290
35.3
46
$49,658
2012
178,853
$7,685,682
$2,267,737
29.5
45
$50,394
2011
178,853
$6,767,937
$2,368,285
35
48
$49,339
2010
178,853
$6,827,831
$2,438,646
35.7
49
$49,768
2009
178,853
$6,477,596
$2,421,200
37.4
45
$53,804
2008
178,853
$6,262,028
$2,300,656
36.7
45
$51,126
2007
178,853
$6,449,878
$1,894,697
29.4
48
$39,473
2006
178,853
$6,504,419
$2,260,398
34.8
50
$45,208
2005
178,900
$6,468,025
$2,332,811
36.1
52
$44,862
2004
178,900
$6,551,844
$2,377,898
36.3
56
$42,462
2003
178,900
$6,599,759
$2,243,951
34
57
$39,368
2002
178,900
$6,583,125
$2,253,607
34.2
53
$42,521
2001
173,600
$6,643,652
$2,239,421
33.7
48
$46,655
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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