That's a decrease of 49 percent from 2016, when the township spent $308,942.
Lucas Township has a population of 495.
Since 2001, the Lucas Township budget has grown by 2.1 percent, from $154,229. The township population has fallen one percent over the same period, from 500.
Salaries accounted for 20.5 percent of township spending in 2017. Lucas Township property taxpayers paid $32,236 for six part-time employees, or an average of $5,373 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and two part-time employees, and spent $33,735.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
495
$157,420
$32,236
20.5
6
$5,373
2016
495
$308,942
$30,823
10
6
$5,137
2015
495
$301,891
$30,301
10
6
$5,050
2014
505
$143,205
$29,246
20.4
7
$4,178
2013
495
$167,169
$28,054
16.8
7
$4,008
2012
480
$115,995
$26,883
23.2
7
$3,840
2009
460
$114,582
$32,928
28.7
10
$3,293
2008
480
$117,190
$33,350
28.5
11
$3,032
2006
480
$288,750
$32,858
11.4
11
$2,987
2004
480
$128,167
$28,144
22
10
$2,814
2003
480
$100,352
$28,564
28.5
10
$2,856
2002
480
$209,258
$29,404
14.1
10
$2,940
2001
500
$154,229
$33,735
21.9
3
$11,245
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.