That's an increase of 29.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $425,093.
Central Township has a population of 7,678.
Since 2001, the Central Township budget has fallen by 1.5 percent, from $559,587. The township population has grown 28.1 percent over the same period, from 5,993.
Salaries accounted for 27.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Central Township property taxpayers paid $149,622 for three full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $137,612.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
7,678
$551,391
$149,622
27.1
11
$13,602
2016
8,013
$425,093
$142,505
33.5
12
$11,875
2015
8,013
$435,612
$132,535
30.4
12
$11,045
2014
8,013
$422,198
$139,610
33.1
12
$11,634
2013
8,013
$380,159
$147,538
38.8
12
$12,295
2012
7,941
$435,184
$153,957
35.4
12
$12,830
2010
7,284
$412,685
$162,067
39.3
14
$11,576
2006
7,941
$422,494
$154,195
36.5
12
$12,850
2004
8,500
$409,712
$164,378
40.1
12
$13,698
2003
5,993
$705,877
$162,361
23
11
$14,760
2002
5,993
$513,646
$159,097
31
13
$12,238
2001
5,993
$559,587
$137,612
24.6
11
$12,510
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.