That's a decrease of 14.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $448,455.
Saunemin Township has a population of 670.
Since 2001, the Saunemin Township budget has grown by 64.3 percent, from $233,058. The township population has grown 0.1 percent over the same period, from 669.
Salaries accounted for 10 percent of township spending in 2017. Saunemin Township property taxpayers paid $38,452 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $3,845 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.