That's a decrease of 4.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $2.48 million.
Capital Township has a population of 115,715.
Since 2001, the Capital Township budget has fallen by 15 percent, from $2.80 million. The township population has grown 14.6 percent over the same period, from 101,000.
Salaries accounted for 38.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Capital Township property taxpayers paid $924,915 for 10 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 28 full-time employees and 18 part-time employees, and spent $1.13 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
115,715
$2,379,110
$924,915
38.9
25
$36,997
2016
115,000
$2,483,793
$839,109
33.8
34
$24,680
2015
115,000
$3,081,051
$9,757,858
316.7
32
$304,933
2014
105,000
$3,076,754
$975,500
31.7
36
$27,097
2013
170,000
$3,134,806
$949,187
30.3
37
$25,654
2012
115,756
$2,553,250
$893,029
35
34
$26,266
2011
115,756
$31,071,271
$904,699
2.9
30
$30,157
2010
unavailable
$30,079,789
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2009
105,000
$3,130,195
$1,007,670
32.2
31
$32,505
2008
116,615
$3,050,687
$893,789
29.3
32
$27,931
2007
110,000
$2,969,338
$1,186,942
40
30
$39,565
2006
115,000
$3,252,241
$1,277,903
39.3
30
$42,597
2005
112,316
$3,983,542
$1,252,623
31.4
31
$40,407
2004
111,454
$4,063,365
$1,211,191
29.8
42
$28,838
2003
110,777
$2,793,433
$1,197,979
42.9
41
$29,219
2002
111,549
$2,789,021
$1,147,905
41.2
42
$27,331
2001
101,000
$2,799,181
$1,129,833
40.4
46
$24,562
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.