That's an increase of four percent from 2015, when the township spent $497,352.
St. Marie Township has a population of 551.
Since 2001, the St. Marie Township budget has grown by 18 percent, from $438,311. The township population has fallen 10.4 percent over the same period, from 615.
Salaries accounted for 11.9 percent of township spending in 2016. St. Marie Township property taxpayers paid $61,525 for nine full-time employees, or an average of $6,836 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and eight part-time employees, and spent $58,806.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
551
$517,293
$61,525
11.9
9
$6,836
2015
551
$497,352
$60,079
12.1
9
$6,675
2014
551
$470,852
$60,451
12.8
9
$6,717
2013
551
$810,832
$74,754
9.2
9
$8,306
2012
551
$799,918
$72,801
9.1
9
$8,089
2011
615
$894,440
$62,586
7
9
$6,954
2010
615
$408,690
$62,528
15.3
9
$6,948
2009
615
$410,752
$31,712
7.7
8
$3,964
2008
615
$382,204
$43,093
11.3
8
$5,387
2007
615
$212,158
$45,138
21.3
8
$5,642
2006
615
$465,363
$46,290
9.9
9
$5,143
2005
615
$934,622
$42,939
4.6
9
$4,771
2004
615
$481,690
$45,815
9.5
9
$5,091
2003
615
$523,994
$45,654
8.7
9
$5,073
2002
615
$432,145
$48,355
11.2
9
$5,373
2001
615
$438,311
$58,806
13.4
9
$6,534
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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