That's a decrease of 2.9 percent from 2016, when the township spent $318,155.
Sparta Township has a population of 1,165.
Since 2001, the Sparta Township budget has fallen by 27.8 percent, from $428,016. The township population has fallen 1.5 percent over the same period, from 1,183.
Salaries accounted for 17 percent of township spending in 2017. Sparta Township property taxpayers paid $52,568 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 14 part-time employees, and spent $54,518.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,165
$309,065
$52,568
17
10
$5,257
2016
1,165
$318,155
$64,504
20.3
11
$5,864
2015
1,165
$298,077
$66,581
22.3
11
$6,053
2014
1,165
$238,044
$66,595
28
11
$6,054
2013
1,165
$242,536
$61,193
25.2
11
$5,563
2012
1,180
$258,951
$61,116
23.6
11
$5,556
2011
1,180
$297,506
$64,772
21.8
11
$5,888
2010
1,180
$284,179
$63,802
22.5
11
$5,800
2009
1,180
$349,775
$59,237
16.9
11
$5,385
2008
1,180
$369,238
$59,051
16
11
$5,368
2007
1,180
$375,749
$57,067
15.2
14
$4,076
2006
1,185
$344,438
$65,781
19.1
17
$3,869
2005
1,183
$378,495
$53,600
14.2
15
$3,573
2004
1,183
$415,668
$56,742
13.7
16
$3,546
2003
1,183
$422,239
$55,723
13.2
16
$3,483
2002
1,183
$435,904
$55,276
12.7
14
$3,948
2001
1,183
$428,016
$54,518
12.7
15
$3,635
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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