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The price of local government in 2017: Clear Lake Township

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The Clear Lake Township budget was $1.34 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 9.5 percent from 2016, when the township spent $1.22 million.

Clear Lake Township has a population of 8,427.

Since 2001, the Clear Lake Township budget has fallen by 6.7 percent, from $1.44 million. The township population has grown 8.3 percent over the same period, from 7,780.

Salaries accounted for 18.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Clear Lake Township property taxpayers paid $243,837 for four full-time employees and one part-time employee.

In 2001, the township had five full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $208,379.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
8,427
$1,339,639
$243,837
18.2
5
$48,767
2016
8,527
$1,223,627
$244,530
20
5
$48,906
2015
8,527
$1,219,886
$254,225
20.8
13
$19,556
2014
8,527
$1,080,540
$236,630
21.9
13
$18,202
2013
8,527
$858,292
$240,368
28
13
$18,490
2012
8,527
$853,420
$254,227
29.8
13
$19,556
2011
8,037
$959,589
$297,550
31
13
$22,888
2010
8,037
$886,148
$278,638
31.4
13
$21,434
2009
8,037
$1,065,964
$252,270
23.7
13
$19,405
2008
8,113
$812,139
$245,883
30.3
17
$14,464
2007
8,115
$1,064,561
$298,910
28.1
13
$22,993
2006
8,115
$918,389
$263,323
28.7
14
$18,809
2005
8,115
$1,169,643
$260,857
22.3
14
$18,633
2004
8,115
$859,275
$259,531
30.2
14
$18,538
2003
8,115
$850,653
$267,361
31.4
14
$19,097
2002
7,780
$925,855
$288,478
31.2
12
$24,040
2001
7,780
$1,435,975
$208,379
14.5
12
$17,365

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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