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The price of local government in 2017: Forreston Township

Budget 09

The Forreston Township budget was $607,818 for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 2.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $621,495.

Forreston Township has a population of 1,974.

Since 2001, the Forreston Township budget has grown by 1.3 percent, from $599,986. The township population has fallen 2.9 percent over the same period, from 2,032.

Salaries accounted for 8.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Forreston Township property taxpayers paid $54,414 for 10 part-time employees, or an average of $5,441 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.

In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and nine part-time employees, and spent $41,446.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,974
$607,818
$54,414
9
10
$5,441
2016
2,130
$621,495
$56,445
9.1
10
$5,644
2015
2,130
$618,934
$56,301
9.1
10
$5,630
2014
2,130
$598,264
$62,321
10.4
10
$6,232
2013
2,130
$539,244
$52,875
9.8
10
$5,287
2012
2,130
$536,607
$54,667
10.2
10
$5,467
2011
2,130
$429,236
$49,926
11.6
10
$4,993
2010
2,130
$619,362
$59,718
9.6
10
$5,972
2009
2,130
$707,031
$55,051
7.8
10
$5,505
2008
2,130
$747,864
$57,501
7.7
11
$5,227
2007
2,130
$463,423
$56,887
12.3
11
$5,172
2006
2,130
$474,819
$53,679
11.3
12
$4,473
2005
2,122
$625,820
$52,308
8.4
14
$3,736
2004
2,122
$310,203
$55,798
18
14
$3,986
2003
2,122
$699,380
$51,978
7.4
10
$5,198
2002
2,122
$528,402
$53,794
10.2
10
$5,379
2001
2,032
$599,986
$41,446
6.9
10
$4,145

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

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