That's a decrease of 9.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $240,377.
Meridian Township has a population of 547.
Since 2001, the Meridian Township budget has grown by 22.6 percent, from $177,074. The township population has fallen 9.9 percent over the same period, from 607.
Salaries accounted for 17.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Meridian Township property taxpayers paid $37,037 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $3,367 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $46,366, or $4,215 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
547
$217,097
$37,037
17.1
11
$3,367
2016
547
$240,377
$38,268
15.9
11
$3,479
2015
547
$240,228
$35,491
14.8
9
$3,943
2014
547
$262,027
$38,552
14.7
9
$4,284
2013
547
$238,321
$32,165
13.5
9
$3,574
2012
547
$237,934
$33,792
14.2
9
$3,755
2011
547
$270,158
$36,365
13.5
9
$4,041
2010
607
$272,549
$35,003
12.8
10
$3,500
2009
607
$208,512
$33,278
16
10
$3,328
2008
607
$215,116
$31,633
14.7
10
$3,163
2007
607
$169,720
$33,637
19.8
12
$2,803
2006
607
$629,234
$33,481
5.3
12
$2,790
2005
607
$171,730
$34,568
20.1
12
$2,881
2004
607
$180,431
$33,469
18.5
11
$3,043
2003
607
$185,232
$34,434
18.6
12
$2,869
2002
607
$80,360
$34,199
42.6
12
$2,850
2001
607
$177,074
$46,366
26.2
11
$4,215
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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