That's an increase of 3.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $433,646.
Saunemin Township has a population of 670.
Since 2001, the Saunemin Township budget has grown by 92.4 percent, from $233,058. The township population has grown 0.1 percent over the same period, from 669.
Salaries accounted for nine percent of township spending in 2016. Saunemin Township property taxpayers paid $40,396 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $4,040 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and eight part-time employees, and spent $34,188.
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.