That's an increase of 8.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $183,633.
Loami Township has a population of 1,016.
Since 2001, the Loami Township budget has grown by 67.5 percent, from $119,085. The township population has fallen 36.5 percent over the same period, from 1,600.
Salaries accounted for 20.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Loami Township property taxpayers paid $40,344 for 15 part-time employees, or an average of $2,690 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 20 part-time employees and spent $41,429, or $2,071 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,016
$199,468
$40,344
20.2
15
$2,690
2016
1,200
$183,633
$48,102
26.2
15
$3,207
2015
1,200
$196,869
$49,566
25.2
15
$3,304
2014
1,200
$179,527
$47,788
26.6
15
$3,186
2013
1,200
$190,641
$39,534
20.7
19
$2,081
2012
1,200
$192,406
$44,469
23.1
12
$3,706
2011
1,200
$238,430
$52,831
22.2
10
$5,283
2010
1,200
$143,640
$41,097
28.6
17
$2,417
2008
1,200
$187,200
$40,071
21.4
20
$2,004
2007
1,150
$158,600
$39,687
25
20
$1,984
2006
1,150
$203,138
$44,216
21.8
20
$2,211
2005
1,100
$187,520
$29,400
15.7
20
$1,470
2004
1,022
$193,290
$33,694
17.4
24
$1,404
2003
1,020
$171,370
$40,387
23.6
24
$1,683
2002
1,020
$182,497
$45,140
24.7
20
$2,257
2001
1,600
$119,085
$41,429
34.8
20
$2,071
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.