That's an increase of 25.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $247,104.
Barren Township has a population of 496.
Since 2001, the Barren Township budget has grown by 23.2 percent, from $252,105. The township population has grown 6.2 percent over the same period, from 467.
Salaries accounted for 11.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Barren Township property taxpayers paid $36,067 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $3,006 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $42,715.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
496
$310,628
$36,067
11.6
12
$3,006
2016
496
$247,104
$35,246
14.3
11
$3,204
2015
496
$249,457
$37,016
14.8
9
$4,113
2014
496
$224,154
$38,724
17.3
12
$3,227
2013
496
$210,308
$39,638
18.8
11
$3,603
2012
679
$212,256
$39,709
18.7
10
$3,971
2011
679
$206,305
$34,316
16.6
11
$3,120
2010
456
$214,673
$36,788
17.1
6
$6,131
2009
456
$219,551
$35,677
16.2
14
$2,548
2008
456
$219,551
$35,471
16.2
11
$3,225
2007
456
$221,204
$35,920
16.2
12
$2,993
2006
456
$197,629
$37,846
19.2
13
$2,911
2005
456
$197,999
$39,142
19.8
12
$3,262
2004
456
$204,091
$35,605
17.4
10
$3,561
2003
456
$269,851
$38,506
14.3
14
$2,750
2002
456
$245,778
$30,236
12.3
12
$2,520
2001
467
$252,105
$42,715
16.9
10
$4,272
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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