That's a decrease of 4.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $216,300.
South Palmyra Township has a population of 747.
Since 2001, the South Palmyra Township budget has grown by 58.6 percent, from $130,809. The township population has fallen 11.7 percent over the same period, from 846.
Salaries accounted for 15.7 percent of township spending in 2017. South Palmyra Township property taxpayers paid $32,603 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $3,260 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had eight full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $103,180.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
747
$207,468
$32,603
15.7
10
$3,260
2016
747
$216,300
$36,940
17.1
10
$3,694
2015
747
$218,360
$37,601
17.2
10
$3,760
2014
747
$189,210
$34,855
18.4
9
$3,873
2013
747
$183,168
$32,358
17.7
9
$3,595
2012
819
$212,986
$32,657
15.3
10
$3,266
2011
819
$238,091
$35,870
15.1
10
$3,587
2010
819
$253,764
$34,641
13.7
10
$3,464
2009
819
$585,000
$33,578
5.7
10
$3,358
2008
846
$311,220
$32,737
10.5
12
$2,728
2007
846
$245,220
$33,745
13.8
12
$2,812
2006
846
$230,063
$36,554
15.9
12
$3,046
2005
846
$218,140
$32,089
14.7
10
$3,209
2004
846
$247,967
$35,013
14.1
12
$2,918
2003
846
$291,747
$35,678
12.2
10
$3,568
2002
846
$150,164
$41,122
27.4
11
$3,738
2001
846
$130,809
$103,180
78.9
11
$9,380
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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