That's a decrease of 2.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $687,448.
Otego Township has a population of 1,511.
Since 2001, the Otego Township budget has grown by 154.2 percent, from $262,975. The township population has grown 5.1 percent over the same period, from 1,438.
Salaries accounted for 6.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Otego Township property taxpayers paid $42,074 for seven part-time employees, or an average of $6,011 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and eight part-time employees, and spent $38,540.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,511
$668,384
$42,074
6.3
7
$6,011
2015
1,511
$687,448
$42,779
6.2
7
$6,111
2014
1,511
$439,879
$44,742
10.2
7
$6,392
2013
1,511
$268,236
$36,825
13.7
7
$5,261
2012
1,511
$123,170
$37,166
30.2
7
$5,309
2008
1,438
$290,589
$37,827
13
9
$4,203
2007
1,438
$291,747
$40,025
13.7
9
$4,447
2006
1,438
$330,188
$39,639
12
9
$4,404
2005
1,438
$317,350
$40,438
12.7
9
$4,493
2004
1,438
$335,919
$37,682
11.2
9
$4,187
2003
1,438
$304,731
$37,467
12.3
9
$4,163
2002
1,438
$292,695
$37,997
13
9
$4,222
2001
1,438
$262,975
$38,540
14.7
9
$4,282
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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