That's an increase of 23.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $67,273.
Southwest Township has a population of 97.
Since 2001, the Southwest Township budget has grown by 1.3 percent, from $82,048. The township population has grown 27.6 percent over the same period, from 76.
Salaries accounted for 8.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Southwest Township property taxpayers paid $6,773 for six part-time employees, or an average of $1,129 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $8,415, or $1,202 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
97
$83,114
$6,773
8.1
6
$1,129
2015
97
$67,273
$6,758
10
6
$1,126
2014
97
$67,273
$5,486
8.2
6
$914
2013
97
$51,692
$6,129
11.9
6
$1,022
2012
77
$22,086
$7,194
32.6
7
$1,028
2011
76
$54,084
$7,458
13.8
7
$1,065
2010
76
$108,194
$7,011
6.5
7
$1,002
2009
76
$89,982
$6,956
7.7
7
$994
2008
76
$87,629
$6,926
7.9
7
$989
2007
76
$91,374
$8,023
8.8
7
$1,146
2006
76
$93,621
$8,406
9
7
$1,201
2005
76
$54,903
$7,696
14
7
$1,099
2004
76
$56,592
$8,107
14.3
7
$1,158
2003
76
$60,289
$8,420
14
9
$936
2002
76
$83,762
$9,037
10.8
8
$1,130
2001
76
$82,048
$8,415
10.3
7
$1,202
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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