That's an increase of 6.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $656,908.
Knox Township has a population of 5,027.
Since 2001, the Knox Township budget has grown by 71.2 percent, from $407,296. The township population has fallen 8.6 percent over the same period, from 5,500.
Salaries accounted for 16.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Knox Township property taxpayers paid $116,853 for two full-time employees and seven part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and six part-time employees, and spent $90,795.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
5,027
$697,411
$116,853
16.8
9
$12,984
2016
5,027
$656,908
$123,701
18.8
9
$13,745
2015
5,027
$663,951
$120,746
18.2
8
$15,093
2014
5,027
$652,923
$120,429
18.4
8
$15,054
2013
5,500
$544,417
$109,642
20.1
8
$13,705
2012
5,500
$506,076
$109,806
21.7
8
$13,726
2011
5,500
$534,563
$115,306
21.6
8
$14,413
2010
5,500
$503,324
$113,102
22.5
8
$14,138
2009
5,500
$194,407
$98,025
50.4
8
$12,253
2008
5,500
$381,154
$97,775
25.7
8
$12,222
2007
5,500
$386,097
$99,306
25.7
8
$12,413
2006
5,500
$391,029
$99,056
25.3
8
$12,382
2005
5,500
$438,143
$101,041
23.1
9
$11,227
2004
5,500
$554,804
$82,587
14.9
8
$10,323
2003
5,500
$435,794
$100,596
23.1
8
$12,575
2002
5,500
$424,208
$105,335
24.8
8
$13,167
2001
5,500
$407,296
$90,795
22.3
7
$12,971
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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