That's a decrease of 8.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $552,025.
Western Township has a population of 3,053.
Since 2001, the Western Township budget has fallen by 21.7 percent, from $646,407. The township population has fallen 2.2 percent over the same period, from 3,121.
Salaries accounted for 13.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Western Township property taxpayers paid $66,150 for five part-time employees, or an average of $13,230 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 22 part-time employees and spent $63,316, or $2,878 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,053
$506,328
$66,150
13.1
5
$13,230
2016
3,053
$552,025
$78,414
14.2
2
$39,207
2015
3,053
$445,778
$75,669
17
2
$37,835
2014
3,053
$507,687
$74,213
14.6
2
$37,106
2013
3,053
$434,242
$91,028
21
7
$13,004
2012
2,920
$475,529
$103,279
21.7
7
$14,754
2011
3,000
$608,347
$107,706
17.7
15
$7,180
2010
3,000
$579,912
$106,731
18.4
15
$7,115
2009
2,920
$632,075
$76,289
12.1
15
$5,086
2008
2,920
$672,812
$92,359
13.7
15
$6,157
2007
2,920
$570,228
$96,204
16.9
13
$7,400
2006
2,920
$811,216
$98,878
12.2
13
$7,606
2005
2,920
$852,515
$93,252
10.9
16
$5,828
2004
2,920
$742,296
$85,615
11.5
24
$3,567
2003
2,920
$976,166
$79,839
8.2
22
$3,629
2002
2,902
$747,912
$6,090
0.8
4
$1,523
2001
3,121
$646,407
$63,316
9.8
22
$2,878
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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