That's an increase of 23.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $410,923.
Wauponsee Township has a population of 2,423.
Since 2001, the Wauponsee Township budget has fallen by two percent, from $516,617. The township population has fallen 1.1 percent over the same period, from 2,450.
Salaries accounted for 15.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Wauponsee Township property taxpayers paid $78,970 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $7,179 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had six part-time employees and spent $83,495, or $13,916 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,423
$506,051
$78,970
15.6
11
$7,179
2016
2,408
$410,923
$102,948
25.1
11
$9,359
2015
2,431
$413,343
$114,131
27.6
10
$11,413
2014
2,431
$475,522
$105,507
22.2
12
$8,792
2013
2,431
$442,211
$94,783
21.4
9
$10,531
2012
2,431
$434,038
$93,376
21.5
11
$8,489
2011
2,437
$453,904
$96,847
21.3
14
$6,918
2010
2,491
$447,865
$84,124
18.8
13
$6,471
2009
2,550
$510,471
$93,320
18.3
10
$9,332
2008
2,550
$862,387
$90,839
10.5
6
$15,140
2007
2,550
$700,746
$90,130
12.9
6
$15,022
2006
2,550
$690,089
$72,691
10.5
6
$12,115
2005
2,500
$704,357
$72,497
10.3
6
$12,083
2004
2,500
$765,286
$78,220
10.2
6
$13,037
2003
2,500
$659,136
$78,986
12
6
$13,164
2002
2,500
$691,481
$82,604
11.9
6
$13,767
2001
2,450
$516,617
$83,495
16.2
6
$13,916
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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