That's a decrease of 7.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $591,910.
Empire Township has a population of 4,000.
Since 2001, the Empire Township budget has grown by 21.8 percent, from $448,538. The township population has grown 29 percent over the same period, from 3,100.
Salaries accounted for 18.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Empire Township property taxpayers paid $103,368 for 22 part-time employees, or an average of $4,699 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 $77,546.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
4,000
$546,376
$103,368
18.9
22
$4,699
2016
4,000
$591,910
$103,753
17.5
22
$4,716
2015
4,200
$557,814
$90,857
16.3
20
$4,543
2014
4,000
$502,158
$106,775
21.3
22
$4,853
2013
4,000
$502,051
$102,866
20.5
19
$5,414
2012
4,000
$556,313
$98,480
17.7
18
$5,471
2011
3,875
$576,728
$109,102
18.9
20
$5,455
2010
3,875
$601,074
$115,729
19.3
27
$4,286
2009
3,875
$646,253
$116,951
18.1
25
$4,678
2008
3,875
$546,898
$105,827
19.4
26
$4,070
2007
3,875
$648,379
$122,664
18.9
23
$5,333
2006
3,875
$555,405
$120,124
21.6
16
$7,508
2005
3,850
$502,525
$122,288
24.3
21
$5,823
2004
3,845
$472,709
$121,685
25.7
12
$10,140
2003
3,500
$479,766
$78,098
16.3
9
$8,678
2002
3,401
$465,072
$115,191
24.8
22
$5,236
2001
3,100
$448,538
$77,546
17.3
9
$8,616
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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