That's an increase of four percent from 2016, when the township spent $334,935.
Bishop Township has a population of 1,408.
Since 2001, the Bishop Township budget has grown by 79.5 percent, from $193,944. The township population has grown 17.3 percent over the same period, from 1,200.
Salaries accounted for 13.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Bishop Township property taxpayers paid $45,832 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $4,583 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $36,078, or $3,280 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,408
$348,224
$45,832
13.2
10
$4,583
2016
1,408
$334,935
$37,814
11.3
10
$3,781
2015
1,408
$324,451
$39,788
12.3
10
$3,979
2014
1,408
$350,063
$48,526
13.9
9
$5,392
2013
1,407
$310,909
$43,896
14.1
9
$4,877
2012
1,407
$286,023
$42,680
14.9
9
$4,742
2011
1,407
$299,939
$39,800
13.3
9
$4,422
2007
1,444
$297,094
$51,170
17.2
13
$3,936
2006
1,444
$317,165
$49,374
15.6
13
$3,798
2005
1,407
$336,119
$47,146
14
16
$2,947
2003
1,407
$298,047
$41,605
14
13
$3,200
2002
1,407
$208,043
$43,186
20.8
13
$3,322
2001
1,200
$193,944
$36,078
18.6
11
$3,280
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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