That's an increase of 197.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $100,693.
St. Mary's Township has a population of 650.
Since 2001, the St. Mary's Township budget has fallen by 8.8 percent, from $328,517. The township population has fallen 7.1 percent over the same period, from 700.
Salaries accounted for 12.8 percent of township spending in 2016. St. Mary's Township property taxpayers paid $38,410 for one full-time employee and seven part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and seven part-time employees, and spent $27,971.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
650
$299,486
$38,410
12.8
8
$4,801
2015
650
$100,693
$38,424
38.2
8
$4,803
2014
640
$216,267
$38,384
17.7
8
$4,798
2013
640
$180,954
$32,316
17.9
8
$4,039
2012
640
$142,354
$27,419
19.3
11
$2,493
2010
1,000
$165,551
$25,791
15.6
9
$2,866
2008
600
$322,171
$35,270
10.9
13
$2,713
2007
600
$244,572
$36,504
14.9
13
$2,808
2005
600
$277,615
$38,373
13.8
7
$5,482
2003
700
$288,796
$40,150
13.9
9
$4,461
2002
700
$354,830
$35,146
9.9
9
$3,905
2001
700
$328,517
$27,971
8.5
8
$3,496
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.