That's an increase of 3.8 percent from 2016, when the township spent $803,507.
Downs Township has a population of 1,079.
Since 2001, the Downs Township budget has grown by 131.8 percent, from $359,940. The township population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 10.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Downs Township property taxpayers paid $85,857 for 14 part-time employees, or an average of $6,133 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $37,822, or $3,152 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,079
$834,310
$85,857
10.3
14
$6,133
2016
1,079
$803,507
$68,955
8.6
14
$4,925
2015
1,079
$795,286
$77,728
9.8
13
$5,979
2014
1,079
$747,197
$70,888
9.5
16
$4,430
2013
1,079
$683,191
$62,636
9.2
14
$4,474
2012
1,079
$717,930
$63,367
8.8
10
$6,337
2011
1,079
$637,825
$74,756
11.7
11
$6,796
2010
1,079
$616,021
$65,076
10.6
12
$5,423
2009
1,079
$562,540
$55,677
9.9
11
$5,062
2008
1,079
$532,385
$42,456
8
17
$2,497
2007
1,079
$511,623
$44,434
8.7
16
$2,777
2006
1,079
$414,383
$43,084
10.4
12
$3,590
2005
1,079
$483,748
$36,479
7.5
12
$3,040
2004
1,079
$471,927
$37,007
7.8
12
$3,084
2003
1,079
$293,102
$31,544
10.8
12
$2,629
2002
1,079
$421,085
$30,710
7.3
12
$2,559
2001
1,079
$359,940
$37,822
10.5
12
$3,152
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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