That's an increase of 59.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $216,090.
Dorchester Township has a population of 1,552.
The township population has fallen 12 percent since 2001, from 1,763.
Salaries accounted for 13.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Dorchester Township property taxpayers paid $47,499 for eight full-time employees and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the township had eight full-time employees and one part-time employee, and spent $37,789.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,552
$344,372
$47,499
13.8
9
$5,278
2016
1,552
$216,090
$47,215
21.8
9
$5,246
2015
1,552
$216,134
$47,029
21.8
9
$5,225
2014
1,552
$216,134
$4,769,059
2206.5
10
$476,906
2013
1,552
$440,424
$50,678
11.5
9
$5,631
2012
1,550
$223,341
$51,147
22.9
9
$5,683
2008
1,546
$201,825
$37,076
18.4
10
$3,708
2007
1,546
$231,288
$38,585
16.7
8
$4,823
2006
1,710
$228,600
$4,021,408
1759.1
8
$502,676
2002
1,763
$223,300
$37,257
16.7
9
$4,140
2001
1,763
unavailable
$37,789
unavailable
9
$4,199
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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