That's an increase of 20.7 percent from 2015, when the township spent $209,103.
Prairie Creek Township has a population of 487.
Since 2001, the Prairie Creek Township budget has fallen by 35.9 percent, from $393,873. The township population has fallen 12.4 percent over the same period, from 556.
Salaries accounted for 13.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Prairie Creek Township property taxpayers paid $34,930 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $3,493 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $55,734, or $7,962 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
487
$252,423
$34,930
13.8
10
$3,493
2015
487
$209,103
$31,973
15.3
11
$2,907
2014
487
$208,295
$32,348
15.5
14
$2,311
2013
533
$210,827
$29,829
14.1
10
$2,983
2012
535
$214,036
$42,041
19.6
10
$4,204
2011
535
$107,699
$53,698
49.9
10
$5,370
2010
535
$244,255
$34,122
14
10
$3,412
2009
535
$250,098
$45,754
18.3
10
$4,575
2008
535
$243,984
$56,075
23
10
$5,607
2007
535
$254,574
$35,972
14.1
10
$3,597
2006
533
$235,800
$57,413
24.3
10
$5,741
2005
533
$260,389
$54,016
20.7
11
$4,911
2004
560
$68,710
$23,422
34.1
7
$3,346
2003
556
$580,108
$24,647
4.2
7
$3,521
2002
556
$322,133
$22,604
7
7
$3,229
2001
556
$393,873
$55,734
14.2
7
$7,962
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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