That's an increase of 45.8 percent from 2016, when the township spent $247,905.
Carthage Township has a population of 3,600.
Since 2001, the Carthage Township budget has fallen by 42.6 percent, from $629,438. The township population has grown 15.3 percent over the same period, from 3,122.
Salaries accounted for 20.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Carthage Township property taxpayers paid $74,437 for one full-time employee and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $57,578.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
3,600
$361,456
$74,437
20.6
7
$10,634
2016
3,600
$247,905
$68,778
27.7
7
$9,825
2015
3,600
$441,120
$68,021
15.4
7
$9,717
2014
3,050
$762,034
$66,096
8.7
9
$7,344
2013
3,100
$858,716
$78,351
9.1
10
$7,835
2012
3,100
$787,888
$78,357
9.9
10
$7,836
2011
3,100
$800,263
$81,900
10.2
9
$9,100
2010
3,100
$729,348
$89,306
12.2
11
$8,119
2009
3,100
$777,705
$79,161
10.2
11
$7,196
2008
3,100
$745,466
$73,133
9.8
11
$6,648
2007
3,100
$591,583
$75,685
12.8
10
$7,569
2006
3,100
$522,563
$91,071
17.4
10
$9,107
2005
3,100
$670,085
$63,812
9.5
8
$7,976
2004
3,100
$430,210
$81,343
18.9
10
$8,134
2003
3,100
$492,626
$85,771
17.4
14
$6,127
2002
3,100
$719,275
$97,006
13.5
14
$6,929
2001
3,122
$629,438
$57,578
9.1
14
$4,113
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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