That's an increase of 11.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $429,359.
Ellison Township has a population of 309.
Since 2001, the Ellison Township budget has grown by 96.6 percent, from $243,274. The township population has fallen 14.2 percent over the same period, from 360.
Salaries accounted for 11 percent of township spending in 2016. Ellison Township property taxpayers paid $52,521 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and nine part-time employees, and spent $63,086.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
309
$478,217
$52,521
11
10
$5,252
2015
309
$429,359
$54,055
12.6
11
$4,914
2014
309
$417,404
$53,270
12.8
12
$4,439
2013
309
$339,627
$46,500
13.7
11
$4,227
2012
309
$361,221
$47,173
13.1
11
$4,288
2011
309
$312,474
$46,220
14.8
11
$4,202
2010
309
$296,403
$48,673
16.4
11
$4,425
2009
309
$271,032
$45,727
16.9
9
$5,081
2008
309
$304,526
$50,020
16.4
10
$5,002
2007
309
$310,783
$53,121
17.1
10
$5,312
2006
309
$286,630
$55,211
19.3
9
$6,135
2005
309
$206,353
$59,020
28.6
11
$5,365
2004
380
$313,197
$59,554
19
9
$6,617
2003
380
$280,685
$59,439
21.2
12
$4,953
2002
380
$251,825
$58,923
23.4
13
$4,533
2001
360
$243,274
$63,086
25.9
10
$6,309
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.