That's an increase of 2.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $164,790.
Lake Fork Township has a population of 154.
Since 2001, the Lake Fork Township budget has grown by 149.5 percent, from $67,571. The township population has fallen 13.5 percent over the same period, from 178.
Salaries accounted for 12.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Lake Fork Township property taxpayers paid $21,228 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $2,359 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $16,323, or $2,332 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
154
$168,591
$21,228
12.6
9
$2,359
2015
154
$164,790
$22,299
13.5
10
$2,230
2014
154
$148,791
$23,357
15.7
12
$1,946
2013
154
$103,108
$20,823
20.2
7
$2,975
2012
175
$51,121
$18,232
35.7
7
$2,605
2007
175
$97,312
$24,762
25.4
7
$3,537
2006
175
$104,924
$20,744
19.8
7
$2,963
2005
175
$115,757
$18,984
16.4
7
$2,712
2004
178
$197,688
$15,154
7.7
7
$2,165
2003
178
$174,458
$16,048
9.2
7
$2,293
2002
178
$76,755
$16,520
21.5
7
$2,360
2001
178
$67,571
$16,323
24.2
7
$2,332
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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