That's an increase of 12.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $319,367.
Watson Township has a population of 3,200.
Since 2001, the Watson Township budget has fallen by 13.9 percent, from $418,664. The township population has grown 0.4 percent over the same period, from 3,186.
Salaries accounted for 14.1 percent of township spending in 2016. Watson Township property taxpayers paid $50,964 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $4,247 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 11 part-time employees, and spent $60,911.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
3,200
$360,334
$50,964
14.1
12
$4,247
2015
3,200
$319,367
$55,585
17.4
11
$5,053
2014
3,200
$309,467
$56,877
18.4
11
$5,171
2013
3,200
$329,022
$55,178
16.8
13
$4,244
2012
3,200
$305,200
$55,651
18.2
12
$4,638
2011
3,200
$315,845
$66,328
21
13
$5,102
2010
3,186
$306,237
$66,005
21.6
11
$6,000
2009
3,186
$327,740
$70,914
21.6
14
$5,065
2008
3,186
$310,787
$63,065
20.3
11
$5,733
2007
3,186
$314,309
$65,993
21
10
$6,599
2006
3,186
$766,025
$64,066
8.4
12
$5,339
2005
3,186
$656,598
$72,630
11.1
13
$5,587
2004
3,186
$600,142
$68,485
11.4
9
$7,609
2003
3,186
$535,080
$66,373
12.4
10
$6,637
2002
3,186
$473,907
$66,130
14
11
$6,012
2001
3,186
$418,664
$60,911
14.5
12
$5,076
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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