That's a decrease of 72 percent from 2015, when the township spent $602,936.
Lakewood Township has a population of 439.
Since 2001, the Lakewood Township budget has grown by 35.9 percent, from $124,188. The township population has grown 7.3 percent over the same period, from 409.
Salaries accounted for 11.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Lakewood Township property taxpayers paid $19,950 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $1,814 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had five part-time employees and spent $41,651, or $8,330 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
439
$168,819
$19,950
11.8
11
$1,814
2015
439
$602,936
$20,236
3.4
11
$1,840
2014
439
$165,657
$36,248
21.9
11
$3,295
2013
439
$109,922
$31,654
28.8
11
$2,878
2012
409
$110,940
$29,459
26.6
6
$4,910
2011
409
$115,011
$23,869
20.8
6
$3,978
2010
409
$113,357
$29,795
26.3
6
$4,966
2009
409
$112,567
$35,822
31.8
6
$5,970
2008
409
$107,711
$35,806
33.2
11
$3,255
2007
409
$113,778
$24,210
21.3
5
$4,842
2006
409
$116,576
$29,074
24.9
5
$5,815
2005
409
$121,168
$36,884
30.4
5
$7,377
2004
409
$120,273
$32,482
27
5
$6,496
2003
409
$122,068
$33,801
27.7
5
$6,760
2002
409
$128,820
$32,176
25
5
$6,435
2001
409
$124,188
$41,651
33.5
5
$8,330
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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