That's an increase of two percent from 2015, when the township spent $127,223.
Garfield Township has a population of 1,586.
Since 2001, the Garfield Township budget has fallen by 51.6 percent, from $268,237. The township population has fallen 0.9 percent over the same period, from 1,600.
Salaries accounted for 15.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Garfield Township property taxpayers paid $20,266 for six part-time employees, or an average of $3,378 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $32,532, or $4,647 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,586
$129,770
$20,266
15.6
6
$3,378
2015
1,586
$127,223
$21,674
17
6
$3,612
2014
1,586
$168,667
$21,335
12.6
4
$5,334
2013
1,586
$193,497
$21,212
11
7
$3,030
2012
1,586
$191,045
$21,539
11.3
6
$3,590
2011
1,600
$202,152
$24,119
11.9
9
$2,680
2010
1,600
$214,710
$22,711
10.6
8
$2,839
2009
1,600
$347,358
$22,318
6.4
9
$2,480
2008
1,600
$203,908
$24,653
12.1
9
$2,739
2007
1,600
$239,568
$27,836
11.6
9
$3,093
2006
1,600
$245,868
$26,238
10.7
9
$2,915
2005
1,556
$289,372
$28,365
9.8
7
$4,052
2004
1,600
$381,892
$28,269
7.4
7
$4,038
2003
1,600
$483,211
$29,599
6.1
7
$4,228
2002
1,600
$388,164
$26,446
6.8
7
$3,778
2001
1,600
$268,237
$32,532
12.1
7
$4,647
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.