That's an increase of 6.6 percent from 2015, when the township spent $668,976.
West Galena Township has a population of 3,364.
Since 2001, the West Galena Township budget has grown by 0.3 percent, from $710,922. The township population has fallen 6.6 percent over the same period, from 3,600.
Salaries accounted for 11.5 percent of township spending in 2016. West Galena Township property taxpayers paid $81,749 for six part-time employees, or an average of $13,625 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and three part-time employees, and spent $75,572.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
3,364
$712,802
$81,749
11.5
6
$13,625
2015
3,364
$668,976
$80,759
12.1
6
$13,460
2014
3,364
$546,520
$82,139
15
6
$13,690
2013
3,364
$543,588
$82,753
15.2
10
$8,275
2012
3,364
$503,782
$92,197
18.3
10
$9,220
2011
3,364
$452,388
$104,670
23.1
10
$10,467
2010
3,364
$407,037
$93,246
22.9
10
$9,325
2009
3,364
$424,802
$92,645
21.8
10
$9,265
2008
3,364
$416,736
$92,166
22.1
10
$9,217
2007
3,364
$364,635
$95,227
26.1
10
$9,523
2006
3,364
$398,993
$81,745
20.5
7
$11,678
2005
3,364
$385,490
$88,534
23
6
$14,756
2004
3,364
$808,757
$90,006
11.1
6
$15,001
2003
3,364
$513,212
$79,273
15.4
4
$19,818
2002
3,364
$526,166
$82,249
15.6
4
$20,562
2001
3,600
$710,922
$75,572
10.6
4
$18,893
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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