That's an increase of 15.9 percent from 2016, when the township spent $409,332.
Covington Township has a population of 418.
Since 2001, the Covington Township budget has grown by 55.8 percent, from $304,484. The township population has fallen 4.3 percent over the same period, from 437.
Salaries accounted for 6.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Covington Township property taxpayers paid $29,871 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $1,991 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $21,201, or $1,927 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
418
$474,417
$29,871
6.3
15
$1,991
2016
418
$409,332
$30,771
7.5
13
$2,367
2015
418
$403,347
$30,551
7.6
12
$2,546
2014
418
$398,364
$32,390
8.1
17
$1,905
2013
418
$378,886
$27,392
7.2
10
$2,739
2012
418
$324,417
$27,924
8.6
12
$2,327
2011
412
$383,081
$33,490
8.7
10
$3,349
2010
412
$386,471
$29,124
7.5
13
$2,240
2009
412
$358,927
$28,026
7.8
13
$2,156
2008
412
$336,796
$27,991
8.3
15
$1,866
2007
412
$313,815
$29,661
9.5
12
$2,472
2006
412
$316,325
$27,213
8.6
10
$2,721
2005
412
$335,114
$25,375
7.6
14
$1,812
2004
412
$324,367
$25,334
7.8
11
$2,303
2003
412
$304,674
$27,014
8.9
12
$2,251
2002
412
$300,195
$23,033
7.7
13
$1,772
2001
437
$304,484
$21,201
7
11
$1,927
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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