That's an increase of 12.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $739,552.
Highland Township has a population of 450.
Since 2001, the Highland Township budget has grown by 510.2 percent, from $136,201. The township population has grown 7.1 percent over the same period, from 420.
Salaries accounted for 5.4 percent of township spending in 2016. Highland Township property taxpayers paid $44,693 for 13 part-time employees, or an average of $3,438 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had eight part-time employees and spent $36,295, or $4,537 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
450
$831,135
$44,693
5.4
13
$3,438
2015
450
$739,552
$57,479
7.8
11
$5,225
2014
450
$651,124
$60,459
9.3
11
$5,496
2013
450
$647,944
$47,012
7.3
11
$4,274
2012
450
$623,600
$46,160
7.4
11
$4,196
2011
450
$644,698
$50,664
7.9
11
$4,606
2010
420
$283,458
$42,260
14.9
11
$3,842
2009
420
$309,966
$38,571
12.4
11
$3,506
2008
420
$296,329
$38,247
12.9
11
$3,477
2007
420
$302,192
$35,490
11.7
7
$5,070
2006
420
$188,675
$34,201
18.1
7
$4,886
2005
420
$198,237
$26,025
13.1
7
$3,718
2004
420
$219,417
$27,714
12.6
7
$3,959
2003
420
$180,067
$29,625
16.5
7
$4,232
2002
420
$172,448
$33,449
19.4
8
$4,181
2001
420
$136,201
$36,295
26.6
8
$4,537
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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