That's a decrease of 9.8 percent from 2016, when the township spent $187,635.
Dawson Township has a population of 665.
Since 2001, the Dawson Township budget has fallen by 14.3 percent, from $197,380. The township population has grown 10.8 percent over the same period, from 600.
Salaries accounted for 29.4 percent of township spending in 2017. Dawson Township property taxpayers paid $49,832 for 14 part-time employees, or an average of $3,559 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $41,318, or $3,443 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
665
$169,244
$49,832
29.4
14
$3,559
2016
650
$187,635
$50,901
27.1
15
$3,393
2015
645
$174,190
$52,633
30.2
12
$4,386
2014
661
$147,626
$54,937
37.2
15
$3,662
2013
668
$184,205
$52,439
28.5
12
$4,370
2012
640
$305,091
$50,350
16.5
14
$3,596
2011
645
$302,162
$51,629
17.1
12
$4,302
2010
683
$159,640
$45,906
28.8
13
$3,531
2009
641
$287,118
$52,780
18.4
9
$5,864
2008
635
$287,118
$39,588
13.8
11
$3,599
2007
635
$144,553
$40,704
28.2
9
$4,523
2006
650
$141,055
$44,270
31.4
10
$4,427
2005
636
$338,286
$37,935
11.2
9
$4,215
2004
630
$204,685
$39,101
19.1
9
$4,345
2003
609
$208,488
$39,634
19
10
$3,963
2002
600
$204,400
$38,417
18.8
12
$3,201
2001
600
$197,380
$41,318
20.9
12
$3,443
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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