That's an increase of 17.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $199,159.
Galesburg Township has a population of 550.
Since 2001, the Galesburg Township budget has grown by 51.3 percent, from $154,855. The township population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 15.4 percent of township spending in 2017. Galesburg Township property taxpayers paid $36,213 for six part-time employees, or an average of $6,036 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and eight part-time employees, and spent $40,646.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
550
$234,322
$36,213
15.5
6
$6,036
2016
550
$199,159
$36,601
18.4
11
$3,327
2015
550
$228,377
$29,944
13.1
11
$2,722
2014
550
$239,943
$31,162
13
11
$2,833
2013
550
$254,999
$32,856
12.9
12
$2,738
2012
550
$260,641
$35,118
13.5
12
$2,926
2011
550
$296,128
$38,133
12.9
13
$2,933
2010
550
$263,511
$33,095
12.6
12
$2,758
2009
550
$308,351
$31,245
10.1
11
$2,840
2008
550
$311,999
$31,912
10.2
13
$2,455
2007
550
$310,034
$35,911
11.6
9
$3,990
2006
550
$306,835
$32,348
10.5
8
$4,043
2005
550
$303,359
$33,579
11.1
8
$4,197
2004
550
$301,954
$34,458
11.4
8
$4,307
2003
550
$148,950
$35,248
23.7
11
$3,204
2002
550
$158,064
$37,456
23.7
11
$3,405
2001
550
$154,855
$40,646
26.2
9
$4,516
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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