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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Ramsey Township

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The Ramsey Township budget was $217,296 for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2016, when the township spent $223,749.

Ramsey Township has a population of 1,885.

Since 2001, the Ramsey Township budget has fallen by 12.5 percent, from $248,442. The township population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 37.5 percent of township spending in 2017. Ramsey Township property taxpayers paid $81,439 for 16 part-time employees, or an average of $5,090 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the township had 19 part-time employees and spent $75,097, or $3,952 each.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,885
$217,296
$81,439
37.5
16
$5,090
2016
1,885
$223,749
$86,536
38.7
16
$5,408
2015
1,885
$330,792
$81,299
24.6
16
$5,081
2014
1,885
$218,093
$72,663
33.3
16
$4,541
2013
1,885
$242,450
$81,178
33.5
16
$5,074
2012
1,885
$221,528
$80,122
36.2
18
$4,451
2011
1,885
$229,306
$87,037
38
18
$4,835
2010
1,885
$281,099
$93,683
33.3
18
$5,205
2009
1,885
$217,483
$78,475
36.1
18
$4,360
2008
1,885
$213,261
$51,429
24.1
20
$2,571
2007
1,885
$212,764
$34,126
16
16
$2,133
2006
1,885
$216,789
$83,506
38.5
16
$5,219
2005
1,885
$222,820
$81,202
36.4
16
$5,075
2004
1,885
$233,160
$79,859
34.3
18
$4,437
2003
1,885
$222,972
$67,663
30.3
18
$3,759
2002
1,885
$247,405
$7,210
2.9
14
$515
2001
1,885
$248,442
$75,097
30.2
19
$3,952

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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