That's an increase of 6.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $398,055.
Kent Township has a population of 710.
Since 2001, the Kent Township budget has grown by 61.4 percent, from $261,635. The township population has grown 1.3 percent over the same period, from 701.
Salaries accounted for 14.3 percent of township spending in 2017. Kent Township property taxpayers paid $60,255 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had seven full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $52,370.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
710
$422,382
$60,255
14.3
10
$6,026
2016
7,101
$398,055
$57,574
14.5
9
$6,397
2015
7,101
$444,511
$56,651
12.7
9
$6,295
2014
7,101
$402,800
$59,507
14.8
11
$5,410
2013
701
$366,035
$55,112
15.1
13
$4,239
2012
702
$589,581
$52,735
8.9
11
$4,794
2011
702
$611,217
$56,587
9.3
12
$4,716
2010
701
$348,327
$52,619
15.1
15
$3,508
2009
701
$378,290
$50,954
13.5
11
$4,632
2008
701
$411,723
$54,972
13.4
12
$4,581
2007
701
$464,393
$55,222
11.9
12
$4,602
2006
701
$592,063
$52,385
8.8
18
$2,910
2005
701
$447,590
$46,721
10.4
12
$3,893
2004
701
$383,642
$47,299
12.3
10
$4,730
2003
701
$343,264
$47,725
13.9
10
$4,773
2002
701
$399,630
$45,024
11.3
10
$4,502
2001
701
$261,635
$52,370
20
10
$5,237
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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