That's an increase of 26.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $545,693.
Pawnee Township has a population of 2,725.
Since 2001, the Pawnee Township budget has grown by 57 percent, from $438,742. The township population has fallen six percent over the same period, from 2,900.
Salaries accounted for 10.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Pawnee Township property taxpayers paid $71,225 for two full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $70,764.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,725
$688,865
$71,225
10.3
10
$7,122
2016
2,725
$545,693
$74,449
13.6
11
$6,768
2015
3,058
$585,483
$75,316
12.9
11
$6,847
2014
2,739
$557,369
$74,018
13.3
11
$6,729
2013
3,058
$627,912
$71,239
11.3
11
$6,476
2012
3,058
$623,282
$71,540
11.5
11
$6,504
2011
2,739
$333,350
$51,743
15.5
11
$4,704
2008
3,000
$794,872
$60,840
7.7
9
$6,760
2007
3,000
$2,150,941
$63,440
2.9
9
$7,049
2006
3,000
$490,133
$105,138
21.5
9
$11,682
2005
3,000
$509,738
$109,343
21.5
9
$12,149
2004
2,900
$437,692
$70,394
16.1
9
$7,822
2003
2,900
$444,225
$71,128
16
9
$7,903
2002
2,900
$581,120
$67,669
11.6
9
$7,519
2001
2,900
$438,742
$70,764
16.1
9
$7,863
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.