That's an increase of 45.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $306,645.
Paradise Township has a population of 1,311.
Since 2001, the Paradise Township budget has grown by 238.9 percent, from $131,491. The township population has fallen one percent over the same period, from 1,324.
Salaries accounted for eight percent of township spending in 2017. Paradise Township property taxpayers paid $35,431 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $4,429 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had nine part-time employees and spent $27,689, or $3,077 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,311
$445,672
$35,431
7.9
8
$4,429
2016
1,314
$306,645
$39,896
13
12
$3,325
2015
1,272
$469,887
$42,023
8.9
11
$3,820
2014
1,351
$337,930
$33,988
10.1
10
$3,399
2013
1,350
$320,922
$28,812
9
10
$2,881
2012
1,350
$384,443
$11,718
3
10
$1,172
2011
1,324
$397,839
$27,581
6.9
10
$2,758
2008
1,324
$598,935
$28,673
4.8
3
$9,558
2006
1,324
$383,831
$35,086
9.1
10
$3,509
2005
1,324
$361,758
$38,176
10.6
9
$4,242
2001
1,324
$131,491
$27,689
21.1
9
$3,077
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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