That's an increase of 16.8 percent from 2016, when the township spent $70,362.
Western Mound Township has a population of 302.
Since 2001, the Western Mound Township budget has fallen by 41.2 percent, from $139,691. The township population has grown 11.9 percent over the same period, from 270.
Salaries accounted for 29.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Western Mound Township property taxpayers paid $24,092 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $2,008 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had nine full-time employees and spent $20,491, or $2,277 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
302
$82,163
$24,092
29.3
12
$2,008
2016
302
$70,362
$24,831
35.3
12
$2,069
2015
302
$140,127
$20,373
14.5
10
$2,037
2014
302
$75,924
$18,550
24.4
14
$1,325
2013
302
$125,153
$21,463
17.1
8
$2,683
2012
302
$192,518
$24,320
12.6
14
$1,737
2011
272
$66,897
$23,523
35.2
14
$1,680
2010
302
$133,004
$24,841
18.7
14
$1,774
2009
302
$173,654
$20,427
11.8
11
$1,857
2008
302
$120,514
$19,228
16
8
$2,403
2007
302
$132,516
$16,324
12.3
8
$2,040
2006
302
$135,775
$16,725
12.3
8
$2,091
2005
302
$70,330
$18,105
25.7
8
$2,263
2004
302
$145,553
$21,507
14.8
9
$2,390
2003
302
$143,582
$21,227
14.8
9
$2,359
2002
302
$145,349
$20,538
14.1
10
$2,054
2001
270
$139,691
$20,491
14.7
9
$2,277
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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