That's a decrease of 24.7 percent from 2015, when the township spent $183,380.
Beardstown Township has a population of 7,800.
Since 2001, the Beardstown Township budget has fallen by 1.3 percent, from $139,941. The township population has grown 24.8 percent over the same period, from 6,250.
Salaries accounted for 43.4 percent of township spending in 2016. Beardstown Township property taxpayers paid $59,993 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $7,499 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 10 part-time employees and spent $58,165, or $5,816 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
7,800
$138,164
$59,993
43.4
8
$7,499
2015
7,800
$183,380
$60,298
32.9
8
$7,537
2014
7,800
$120,363
$61,128
50.8
8
$7,641
2013
7,800
$122,634
$60,592
49.4
8
$7,574
2012
7,800
$134,670
$60,200
44.7
8
$7,525
2011
7,800
$128,312
$62,974
49.1
8
$7,872
2010
7,800
$129,447
$50,011
38.6
8
$6,251
2009
7,800
$142,799
$41,741
29.2
8
$5,218
2008
7,800
$214,169
$48,907
22.8
8
$6,113
2007
7,800
$267,674
$54,554
20.4
8
$6,819
2006
7,800
$120,063
$55,030
45.8
10
$5,503
2005
7,800
$124,865
$58,588
46.9
10
$5,859
2004
6,250
$128,573
$57,486
44.7
10
$5,749
2003
6,250
$134,028
$58,534
43.7
10
$5,853
2002
6,250
$137,970
$53,313
38.6
10
$5,331
2001
6,250
$139,941
$58,165
41.6
10
$5,816
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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