That's an increase of nine percent from 2016, when the township spent $593,124.
Brighton Township has a population of 3,800.
Since 2001, the Brighton Township budget has grown by 13.6 percent, from $568,832. The township population has grown 58.3 percent over the same period, from 2,400.
Salaries accounted for 20.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Brighton Township property taxpayers paid $133,236 for three full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $84,217.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,800
$646,221
$133,236
20.6
12
$11,103
2016
3,800
$593,124
$112,446
19
15
$7,496
2015
3,800
$627,679
$109,016
17.4
10
$10,902
2014
3,800
$544,787
$121,704
22.3
10
$12,170
2013
3,800
$560,790
$114,106
20.3
11
$10,373
2012
3,800
$474,259
$105,051
22.2
11
$9,550
2011
3,800
$557,158
$116,730
21
15
$7,782
2010
3,800
$522,011
$123,958
23.7
6
$20,660
2009
3,800
$673,394
$108,176
16.1
6
$18,029
2008
3,800
$937,843
$111,158
11.9
8
$13,895
2007
3,800
$2,366,963
$117,603
5
8
$14,700
2006
3,800
$755,635
$105,968
14
8
$13,246
2005
3,800
$894,992
$106,613
11.9
8
$13,327
2004
3,800
$395,631
$108,185
27.3
8
$13,523
2003
3,800
$741,919
$89,049
12
8
$11,131
2002
3,800
$532,246
$73,780
13.9
8
$9,223
2001
2,400
$568,832
$84,217
14.8
9
$9,357
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.