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Thursday, November 21, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Long Creek Township

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The Long Creek Township budget was $2.51 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of seven percent from 2016, when the township spent $2.70 million.

Long Creek Township has a population of 10,364.

Since 2001, the Long Creek Township budget has fallen by 7.2 percent, from $2.71 million. The township population has fallen 1.7 percent over the same period, from 10,547.

Salaries accounted for 23.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Long Creek Township property taxpayers paid $592,250 for 11 full-time employees and 16 part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had 11 full-time employees and 19 part-time employees, and spent $425,404.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
10,364
$2,511,308
$592,250
23.6
27
$21,935
2016
10,364
$2,701,424
$570,243
21.1
27
$21,120
2015
10,574
$2,676,564
$526,654
19.7
30
$17,555
2014
10,574
$2,745,266
$493,819
18
30
$16,461
2013
10,574
$2,559,609
$475,005
18.6
30
$15,833
2012
10,574
$2,466,436
$506,669
20.5
30
$16,889
2011
10,574
$3,017,969
$551,654
18.3
30
$18,388
2010
10,574
$3,057,235
$554,960
18.2
30
$18,499
2009
10,574
$3,058,614
$582,408
19
30
$19,414
2008
10,574
$3,011,007
$560,655
18.6
30
$18,688
2007
10,574
$3,143,170
$546,705
17.4
30
$18,224
2006
10,574
$3,472,219
$567,629
16.3
27
$21,023
2005
10,547
$3,417,050
$581,975
17
27
$21,555
2004
10,547
$3,186,862
$496,080
15.6
27
$18,373
2003
10,547
$2,860,674
$456,015
15.9
25
$18,241
2002
11,000
$2,693,533
$410,498
15.2
30
$13,683
2001
10,547
$2,706,466
$425,404
15.7
30
$14,180

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

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