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The price of local government in 2017: Atlanta Township

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The Atlanta Township budget was $188,853 for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 52.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $123,777.

Atlanta Township has a population of 2,436.

Since 2005, the Atlanta Township budget has grown by 27.1 percent, from $148,603. The township population has grown 28.5 percent over the same period, from 1,895.

Salaries accounted for 16.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Atlanta Township property taxpayers paid $30,512 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $2,347 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2005, the township had 10 part-time employees and spent $39,727, or $3,973 each.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,436
$188,853
$30,512
16.2
13
$2,347
2016
2,436
$123,777
$24,186
19.5
13
$1,860
2015
2,436
$129,773
$33,931
26.1
13
$2,610
2014
2,436
$137,833
$38,633
28
13
$2,972
2013
2,436
$229,826
$35,287
15.4
12
$2,941
2012
2,436
$275,866
$32,513
11.8
12
$2,709
2011
2,436
$179,715
$34,276
19.1
10
$3,428
2008
1,895
$157,838
$36,025
22.8
10
$3,603
2007
1,895
$149,067
$38,420
25.8
10
$3,842
2006
1,895
$148,255
$35,528
24
10
$3,553
2005
1,895
$148,603
$39,727
26.7
10
$3,973

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

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