That's an increase of 54.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $343,414.
Owen Township has a population of 3,803.
Since 2001, the Owen Township budget has grown by 108.4 percent, from $254,180. The township population has grown 26.8 percent over the same period, from 3,000.
Salaries accounted for 26.4 percent of township spending in 2016. Owen Township property taxpayers paid $139,641 for 17 part-time employees, or an average of $8,214 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had eight part-time employees and spent $116,938, or $14,617 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
3,803
$529,751
$139,641
26.4
17
$8,214
2015
3,803
$343,414
$135,973
39.6
24
$5,666
2014
3,803
$561,673
$132,415
23.6
20
$6,621
2013
3,803
$604,125
$132,322
21.9
25
$5,293
2012
3,803
$1,161,886
$143,416
12.3
19
$7,548
2011
3,803
$602,263
$157,991
26.2
19
$8,315
2010
3,306
$854,413
$166,463
19.5
21
$7,927
2009
3,306
$646,778
$160,144
24.8
28
$5,719
2008
3,306
$618,113
$175,141
28.3
17
$10,302
2007
3,306
$710,042
$100,926
14.2
17
$5,937
2006
3,306
$528,115
$130,786
24.8
17
$7,693
2005
3,306
$632,709
$61,803
9.8
8
$7,725
2004
3,000
$616,714
$109,101
17.7
8
$13,638
2003
3,000
$555,680
$112,042
20.2
4
$28,011
2002
3,000
$257,600
$118,850
46.1
7
$16,979
2001
3,000
$254,180
$116,938
46
8
$14,617
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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