That's an increase of seven percent from 2016, when the township spent $432,507.
Coal Valley Township has a population of 4,404.
Since 2001, the Coal Valley Township budget has grown by 42.9 percent, from $323,973. The township population has fallen 3.4 percent over the same period, from 4,561.
Salaries accounted for 13.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Coal Valley Township property taxpayers paid $63,529 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $4,235 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 16 part-time employees and spent $57,024, or $3,564 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
4,404
$462,985
$63,529
13.7
15
$4,235
2016
4,404
$432,507
$70,980
16.4
14
$5,070
2015
4,404
$547,831
$72,588
13.3
14
$5,185
2014
4,404
$360,732
$66,516
18.4
16
$4,157
2013
4,404
$553,477
$59,413
10.7
14
$4,244
2012
4,404
$596,822
$58,768
9.8
15
$3,918
2011
4,404
$440,124
$61,115
13.9
14
$4,365
2010
4,660
$386,942
$57,666
14.9
17
$3,392
2009
4,660
$311,871
$56,062
18
20
$2,803
2008
4,660
$311,871
$56,062
18
20
$2,803
2007
4,660
$325,198
$51,312
15.8
22
$2,332
2006
4,660
$329,521
$51,250
15.6
23
$2,228
2005
4,660
$355,910
$49,310
13.9
19
$2,595
2004
4,660
$359,091
$54,848
15.3
19
$2,887
2003
4,655
$326,031
$66,832
20.5
20
$3,342
2002
4,595
$326,346
$62,395
19.1
20
$3,120
2001
4,561
$323,973
$57,024
17.6
16
$3,564
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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