That's an increase of 11.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $394,286.
Sharon Township has a population of 2,578.
Since 2001, the Sharon Township budget has grown by 314.3 percent, from $105,790. The township population has grown 15.1 percent over the same period, from 2,240.
Salaries accounted for 9.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Sharon Township property taxpayers paid $43,122 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $3,593 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had four full-time employees and six part-time employees, and spent $29,326.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,578
$438,240
$43,122
9.8
12
$3,593
2016
2,578
$394,286
$47,194
12
10
$4,719
2015
2,467
$601,015
$50,170
8.3
10
$5,017
2014
2,556
$366,622
$53,602
14.6
10
$5,360
2013
2,508
$280,811
$47,093
16.8
11
$4,281
2012
2,508
$284,218
$61,436
21.6
10
$6,144
2011
2,501
$312,770
$51,873
16.6
11
$4,716
2010
24,780
$316,610
$46,637
14.7
12
$3,886
2009
2,460
$270,797
$36,398
13.4
14
$2,600
2008
2,457
$272,552
$34,486
12.7
12
$2,874
2007
2,430
$223,626
$36,305
16.2
10
$3,630
2006
2,439
$204,000
$34,971
17.1
10
$3,497
2005
2,441
unavailable
$44,030
unavailable
12
$3,669
2004
2,240
$97,454
$40,271
41.3
12
$3,356
2003
2,238
$207,944
$33,717
16.2
16
$2,107
2002
2,238
$214,060
$34,709
16.2
16
$2,169
2001
2,240
$105,790
$29,326
27.7
10
$2,933
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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