That's a decrease of 21.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $183,426.
Elkhart Township has a population of 511.
Since 2001, the Elkhart Township budget has fallen by 20.3 percent, from $180,908. The township population has fallen 22.1 percent over the same period, from 656.
Salaries accounted for 48.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Elkhart Township property taxpayers paid $70,228 for one full-time employee and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and six part-time employees, and spent $42,494.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
511
$144,167
$70,228
48.7
9
$7,803
2016
582
$183,426
$62,417
34
7
$8,917
2015
582
$207,946
$75,934
36.5
7
$10,848
2014
582
$213,749
$80,643
37.7
7
$11,520
2013
582
$175,670
$76,507
43.6
7
$10,930
2012
582
$233,914
$78,146
33.4
7
$11,164
2011
582
$242,498
$51,570
21.3
7
$7,367
2010
582
$232,227
$37,025
15.9
7
$5,289
2009
582
$183,643
$44,950
24.5
7
$6,421
2008
582
$195,285
$42,577
21.8
7
$6,082
2007
582
$186,398
$55,771
29.9
7
$7,967
2006
582
$201,138
$49,270
24.5
7
$7,039
2005
582
$222,541
$48,965
22
7
$6,995
2004
582
$232,273
$34,497
14.9
7
$4,928
2003
582
$224,397
$37,894
16.9
7
$5,413
2002
656
$226,453
$41,300
18.2
7
$5,900
2001
656
$180,908
$42,494
23.5
7
$6,071
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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