That's an increase of 1.9 percent from 2016, when the township spent $78,215.
Elk Prairie Township has a population of 725.
Since 2001, the Elk Prairie Township budget has fallen by 21.7 percent, from $101,814. The township population has grown 0.6 percent over the same period, from 721.
Salaries accounted for 32.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Elk Prairie Township property taxpayers paid $25,613 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $2,328 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven full-time employees and five part-time employees, and spent $30,290.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
725
$79,718
$25,613
32.1
11
$2,328
2016
725
$78,215
$26,138
33.4
13
$2,011
2015
725
$78,959
$27,113
34.3
14
$1,937
2014
725
$78,853
$26,218
33.2
10
$2,622
2013
725
$77,425
$24,942
32.2
11
$2,267
2012
725
$76,784
$26,686
34.8
18
$1,483
2011
725
$118,650
$27,790
23.4
16
$1,737
2010
721
$76,608
$27,684
36.1
14
$1,977
2009
721
$204,750
$28,807
14.1
14
$2,058
2008
721
$75,348
$30,491
40.5
12
$2,541
2007
721
$74,298
$32,790
44.1
15
$2,186
2006
721
$77,733
$29,408
37.8
15
$1,961
2005
721
$87,100
$32,261
37
14
$2,304
2004
721
$92,862
$35,081
37.8
13
$2,699
2003
721
$94,248
$34,790
36.9
13
$2,676
2002
721
$93,800
$37,191
39.6
12
$3,099
2001
721
$101,814
$30,290
29.8
12
$2,524
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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