That's an increase of 74.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $227,635.
Big Grove Township has a population of 1,647.
Since 2001, the Big Grove Township budget has grown by 89.6 percent, from $209,521. The township population has grown 64.7 percent over the same period, from 1,000.
Salaries accounted for 16.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Big Grove Township property taxpayers paid $65,793 for 14 part-time employees, or an average of $4,700 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 14 part-time employees and spent $71,984, or $5,142 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,647
$397,215
$65,793
16.6
14
$4,699
2015
1,647
$227,635
$63,593
27.9
13
$4,892
2014
1,400
$324,519
$71,203
21.9
10
$7,120
2013
1,400
$302,832
$59,625
19.7
20
$2,981
2012
1,400
$325,474
$59,492
18.3
20
$2,975
2011
1,400
$355,837
$65,538
18.4
20
$3,277
2010
1,400
$371,070
$69,455
18.7
20
$3,473
2009
1,400
$351,117
$63,812
18.2
20
$3,191
2008
1,400
$316,427
$62,940
19.9
32
$1,967
2007
1,400
$318,420
$73,118
23
32
$2,285
2006
1,400
$343,506
$73,074
21.3
32
$2,284
2005
1,400
$206,154
$73,601
35.7
20
$3,680
2004
1,000
$309,741
$67,239
21.7
14
$4,803
2003
1,000
$182,779
$68,154
37.3
14
$4,868
2002
1,000
$197,441
$74,941
38
14
$5,353
2001
1,000
$209,521
$71,984
34.4
14
$5,142
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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