That's an increase of 26.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $162,908.
Grand Tower Township has a population of 581.
Since 2001, the Grand Tower Township budget has grown by seven percent, from $192,268. The township population has fallen 27.4 percent over the same period, from 800.
Salaries accounted for 27.5 percent of township spending in 2017. Grand Tower Township property taxpayers paid $56,585 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $5,144 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 13 part-time employees and spent $52,989, or $4,076 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
581
$205,760
$56,585
27.5
11
$5,144
2016
588
$162,908
$56,208
34.5
11
$5,110
2015
575
$182,691
$58,516
32
10
$5,852
2014
575
$177,868
$53,198
29.9
10
$5,320
2013
575
$218,700
$50,922
23.3
11
$4,629
2012
575
$169,697
$50,947
30
12
$4,246
2011
575
$263,686
$52,364
19.9
10
$5,236
2010
575
$674,766
$56,715
8.4
16
$3,545
2009
735
$218,205
$37,014
17
10
$3,701
2008
735
$154,820
$35,938
23.2
8
$4,492
2007
735
$161,437
$33,310
20.6
8
$4,164
2006
735
$159,594
$34,995
21.9
8
$4,374
2005
735
$160,713
$50,564
31.5
8
$6,320
2004
745
$158,623
$34,506
21.8
9
$3,834
2003
745
$160,990
$33,660
20.9
17
$1,980
2002
745
$154,595
$34,517
22.3
13
$2,655
2001
800
$192,268
$52,989
27.6
13
$4,076
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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