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The price of local government in 2016: Rich Township

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The Rich Township budget was $7.99 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 17.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $9.68 million.

Rich Township has a population of 76,727.

Since 2001, the Rich Township budget has grown by 42.1 percent, from $5.63 million. The township population has grown 13.5 percent over the same period, from 67,623.

Salaries accounted for 25.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Rich Township property taxpayers paid $2.05 million for 35 full-time employees and 14 part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had 43 full-time employees and 23 part-time employees, and spent $1.85 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
76,727
$7,992,678
$2,050,182
25.7
49
$41,840
2015
72,000
$9,682,071
$2,801,467
28.9
65
$43,099
2014
72,000
$8,408,113
$2,723,055
32.4
66
$41,258
2013
76,727
$9,091,896
$2,719,688
29.9
69
$39,416
2012
76,727
$8,597,495
$2,568,164
29.9
68
$37,767
2011
76,727
$8,297,624
$2,502,021
30.2
72
$34,750
2010
69,697
$7,052,468
$2,452,547
34.8
61
$40,206
2009
73,046
$7,048,959
$2,176,023
30.9
80
$27,200
2008
71,352
$6,347,310
$2,007,378
31.6
88
$22,811
2007
69,697
$10,870,542
$2,006,223
18.5
68
$29,503
2006
69,697
$6,091,363
$2,101,025
34.5
94
$22,351
2005
69,697
$4,245,995
$2,091,398
49.3
69
$30,310
2004
69,377
$4,148,466
$2,104,466
50.7
53
$39,707
2003
69,377
$3,964,329
$1,984,655
50.1
54
$36,753
2002
67,623
$4,040,957
$1,896,867
46.9
53
$35,790
2001
67,623
$5,625,320
$1,847,688
32.8
66
$27,995

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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