That's an increase of 4.7 percent from 2015, when the township spent $421,153.
Mt. Hope Township has a population of 1,103.
Since 2001, the Mt. Hope Township budget has grown by 79.2 percent, from $246,001. The township population has fallen 3.2 percent over the same period, from 1,140.
Salaries accounted for 14.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Mt. Hope Township property taxpayers paid $62,994 for 16 part-time employees, or an average of $3,937 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 10 part-time employees and spent $62,222, or $6,222 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,103
$440,748
$62,994
14.3
16
$3,937
2015
1,103
$421,153
$64,398
15.3
16
$4,025
2014
1,147
$309,743
$64,242
20.7
15
$4,283
2013
1,103
$321,597
$62,073
19.3
13
$4,775
2012
1,172
$343,426
$66,997
19.5
14
$4,785
2011
1,172
$308,473
$78,456
25.4
14
$5,604
2010
1,172
$311,203
$69,327
22.3
17
$4,078
2009
1,172
$383,298
$63,925
16.7
19
$3,364
2008
1,172
$359,342
$65,889
18.3
21
$3,138
2007
1,140
$484,267
$75,976
15.7
16
$4,748
2006
1,140
$487,050
$9,284
1.9
3
$3,095
2005
1,140
$305,900
$2,188
0.7
3
$729
2004
1,140
$394,386
$2,054
0.5
3
$685
2003
1,140
$312,514
$1,696
0.5
3
$565
2002
1,140
$303,443
$2,229
0.7
3
$743
2001
1,140
$246,001
$62,222
25.3
10
$6,222
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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