That's an increase of 7.1 percent from 2015, when the township spent $135,621.
Orchard Township has a population of 604.
Since 2001, the Orchard Township budget has fallen by 15.7 percent, from $172,272. The township population has grown 8.8 percent over the same period, from 555.
Salaries accounted for 20.9 percent of township spending in 2016. Orchard Township property taxpayers paid $30,366 for eight full-time employees, or an average of $3,796 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
604
$145,251
$30,366
20.9
8
$3,796
2015
604
$135,621
$30,655
22.6
8
$3,832
2014
604
$136,814
$29,797
21.8
8
$3,725
2013
600
$93,550
$25,944
27.7
8
$3,243
2012
534
$156,372
$32,526
20.8
8
$4,066
2011
534
$116,654
$33,719
28.9
8
$4,215
2010
534
$90,750
$33,139
36.5
8
$4,142
2009
534
$81,337
$31,309
38.5
8
$3,914
2008
534
$94,816
$31,309
33
8
$3,914
2007
534
$98,869
$31,330
31.7
2
$15,665
2006
534
$152,703
$24,950
16.3
2
$12,475
2005
534
$150,716
$22,029
14.6
2
$11,014
2004
534
$116,737
$28,703
24.6
8
$3,588
2003
534
$156,748
$29,081
18.6
10
$2,908
2002
534
$191,544
$29,161
15.2
10
$2,916
2001
555
$172,272
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All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.