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The price of local government in 2016: Sheridan Township

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The Sheridan Township budget was $245,858 for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 1.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $250,271.

Sheridan Township has a population of 555.

Since 2001, the Sheridan Township budget has grown by 0.8 percent, from $243,859. The township population has remained same.

Salaries accounted for 11.9 percent of township spending in 2016. Sheridan Township property taxpayers paid $29,316 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $2,255 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $26,183, or $2,380 each.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
555
$245,858
$29,316
11.9
13
$2,255
2015
555
$250,271
$35,489
14.2
10
$3,549
2014
555
$246,832
$40,548
16.4
12
$3,379
2013
555
$263,963
$38,689
14.7
10
$3,869
2012
555
$277,252
$41,769
15.1
12
$3,481
2005
555
$390,192
$24,938
6.4
10
$2,494
2004
555
$257,011
$30,795
12
10
$3,079
2003
555
$254,637
$37,143
14.6
10
$3,714
2002
555
$169,998
$31,375
18.5
10
$3,138
2001
555
$243,859
$26,183
10.7
11
$2,380

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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