That's an increase of 1.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $445,410.
Willow Creek Township has a population of 688.
Since 2001, the Willow Creek Township budget has grown by 78 percent, from $253,371. The township population has grown 1.2 percent over the same period, from 680.
Salaries accounted for 8.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Willow Creek Township property taxpayers paid $37,402 for eight part-time employees, or an average of $4,675 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 15 part-time employees and spent $46,119, or $3,075 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
688
$451,086
$37,402
8.3
8
$4,675
2016
688
$445,410
$39,390
8.8
7
$5,627
2015
688
$426,153
$38,456
9
8
$4,807
2014
688
$402,583
$39,780
9.9
8
$4,972
2013
688
$425,167
$37,416
8.8
8
$4,677
2012
700
$429,863
$43,792
10.2
8
$5,474
2011
700
$396,632
$46,357
11.7
8
$5,795
2010
700
$400,142
$42,985
10.7
8
$5,373
2009
700
$358,985
$38,156
10.6
6
$6,359
2008
700
$199,478
$38,876
19.5
5
$7,775
2007
680
$163,224
$38,440
23.6
10
$3,844
2006
680
$355,950
$39,666
11.1
10
$3,967
2005
680
$313,125
$45,374
14.5
10
$4,537
2004
680
$339,130
$46,908
13.8
10
$4,691
2003
680
$297,233
$42,603
14.3
10
$4,260
2002
680
$296,808
$43,953
14.8
15
$2,930
2001
680
$253,371
$46,119
18.2
15
$3,075
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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