That's a decrease of 5.2 percent from 2015, when the township spent $2.42 million.
Sterling Township has a population of 18,035.
Since 2001, the Sterling Township budget has grown by 92.4 percent, from $1.19 million. The township population has grown 0.9 percent over the same period, from 17,873.
Salaries accounted for 32.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Sterling Township property taxpayers paid $751,368 for 15 full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 15 full-time employees and 158 part-time employees, and spent $621,149.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
18,035
$2,290,804
$751,368
32.8
24
$31,307
2015
18,035
$2,415,904
$822,062
34
26
$31,618
2014
18,035
$2,325,298
$788,287
33.9
26
$30,319
2013
18,679
$2,172,988
$758,553
34.9
27
$28,095
2012
18,679
$2,436,060
$762,092
31.3
29
$26,279
2011
18,679
$2,855,971
$747,358
26.2
30
$24,912
2010
22,844
$2,870,004
$743,905
25.9
30
$24,797
2009
22,844
$2,437,911
$708,720
29.1
20
$35,436
2008
18,000
$2,492,580
$677,574
27.2
20
$33,879
2007
18,679
$3,047,536
$650,820
21.4
25
$26,033
2006
22,844
$2,762,869
$627,244
22.7
99
$6,336
2005
22,844
$2,775,270
$596,679
21.5
96
$6,215
2004
15,342
$3,809,435
$647,508
17
136
$4,761
2003
15,342
$2,912,188
$689,627
23.7
177
$3,896
2002
15,451
$1,235,450
$715,777
57.9
226
$3,167
2001
17,873
$1,190,599
$621,149
52.2
173
$3,590
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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