That's an increase of 2.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $301,891.
Lucas Township has a population of 495.
Since 2001, the Lucas Township budget has grown by 100.3 percent, from $154,229. The township population has fallen one percent over the same period, from 500.
Salaries accounted for 10 percent of township spending in 2016. Lucas Township property taxpayers paid $30,823 for six part-time employees, or an average of $5,137 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
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.
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