That's an increase of 70.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $417,844.
North Palmyra Township has a population of 895.
Since 2001, the North Palmyra Township budget has grown by 144.4 percent, from $291,330. The township population has fallen 8.1 percent over the same period, from 974.
Salaries accounted for 6.7 percent of township spending in 2017. North Palmyra Township property taxpayers paid $47,479 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $5,275 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $29,309, or $2,664 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
895
$711,906
$47,479
6.7
9
$5,275
2016
895
$417,844
$51,305
12.3
9
$5,701
2015
895
$514,395
$52,084
10.1
9
$5,787
2014
895
$339,566
$42,328
12.5
9
$4,703
2013
854
$281,709
$37,687
13.4
12
$3,141
2012
895
$279,950
$37,130
13.3
12
$3,094
2011
950
$352,621
$38,782
11
11
$3,526
2010
950
$346,551
$41,808
12.1
10
$4,181
2009
950
$362,313
$40,179
11.1
9
$4,464
2008
950
$315,037
$42,292
13.4
10
$4,229
2007
950
$290,016
$45,252
15.6
10
$4,525
2006
950
$269,976
$41,336
15.3
9
$4,593
2005
974
$260,922
$51,982
19.9
9
$5,776
2004
974
$311,034
$40,925
13.2
12
$3,410
2003
974
$349,746
$43,596
12.5
10
$4,360
2002
974
$332,441
$33,530
10.1
9
$3,726
2001
974
$291,330
$29,309
10.1
11
$2,664
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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