That's an increase of two percent from 2016, when the township spent $488,452.
Lamotte Township has a population of 2,046.
Since 2001, the Lamotte Township budget has grown by 84.5 percent, from $270,090. The township population has fallen 15.4 percent over the same period, from 2,418.
Salaries accounted for 18.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Lamotte Township property taxpayers paid $92,834 for two full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had nine full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $93,105.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,046
$498,221
$92,834
18.6
10
$9,283
2016
2,046
$488,452
$93,681
19.2
10
$9,368
2015
2,046
$479,245
$96,289
20.1
10
$9,629
2014
2,046
$456,425
$91,558
20.1
10
$9,156
2013
2,046
$442,892
$87,156
19.7
12
$7,263
2012
2,046
$425,709
$85,587
20.1
10
$8,559
2011
2,046
$420,550
$86,121
20.5
9
$9,569
2010
2,093
$404,408
$94,252
23.3
10
$9,425
2009
2,093
$395,287
$93,220
23.6
10
$9,322
2008
2,093
$376,464
$85,357
22.7
10
$8,536
2007
2,093
$373,871
$88,790
23.7
11
$8,072
2006
2,093
$365,653
$88,388
24.2
13
$6,799
2005
2,093
$430,596
$78,142
18.1
10
$7,814
2004
2,093
$389,704
$78,958
20.3
9
$8,773
2003
2,093
$358,039
$80,016
22.3
9
$8,891
2002
2,093
$372,540
$93,604
25.1
11
$8,509
2001
2,418
$270,090
$93,105
34.5
12
$7,759
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.