That's an increase of 115 percent from 2015, when the township spent $531,509.
Bowling Township has a population of 4,800.
Since 2001, the Bowling Township budget has grown by 134.7 percent, from $486,975. The township population has grown 15.7 percent over the same period, from 4,150.
Salaries accounted for 7.4 percent of township spending in 2016. Bowling Township property taxpayers paid $84,691 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $5,646 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 15 part-time employees and spent $116,958, or $7,797 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
4,800
$1,142,946
$84,691
7.4
15
$5,646
2015
4,800
$531,509
$89,285
16.8
17
$5,252
2014
4,800
$437,693
$87,419
20
17
$5,142
2013
4,800
$546,667
$70,073
12.8
13
$5,390
2012
4,800
$537,354
$86,120
16
14
$6,151
2011
4,800
$509,533
$87,281
17.1
20
$4,364
2010
4,800
$470,737
$125,657
26.7
15
$8,377
2009
4,800
$589,530
$123,050
20.9
15
$8,203
2008
4,800
$596,519
$123,334
20.7
15
$8,222
2007
4,800
$714,100
$119,560
16.7
14
$8,540
2006
4,500
$575,163
$120,885
21
15
$8,059
2005
4,150
$468,675
$114,251
24.4
15
$7,617
2004
3,875
$598,331
$124,160
20.8
18
$6,898
2003
3,800
$519,544
$127,720
24.6
18
$7,096
2002
3,500
$477,176
$116,257
24.4
20
$5,813
2001
4,150
$486,975
$116,958
24
15
$7,797
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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