That's an increase of 14.5 percent from 2016, when the township spent $618,052.
Cherry Grove-Shannon Township has a population of 1,451.
Since 2001, the Cherry Grove-Shannon Township budget has grown by 41.4 percent, from $500,621. The township population has fallen 5.5 percent over the same period, from 1,535.
Salaries accounted for 9.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Cherry Grove-Shannon Township property taxpayers paid $64,087 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had seven full-time employees and two part-time employees, and spent $65,854.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,451
$707,911
$64,087
9.1
10
$6,409
2016
15,056
$618,052
$63,000
10.2
7
$9,000
2015
1,451
$556,320
$70,933
12.8
10
$7,093
2014
1,451
$1,584,170
$67,388
4.3
8
$8,424
2013
1,451
$622,080
$60,506
9.7
10
$6,051
2012
1,451
$632,124
$68,581
10.8
10
$6,858
2011
1,459
$752,354
$74,495
9.9
13
$5,730
2010
1,556
$759,012
$68,238
9
13
$5,249
2009
1,556
$507,195
$60,433
11.9
13
$4,649
2008
1,556
$507,195
$60,255
11.9
13
$4,635
2007
1,556
$523,270
$56,964
10.9
12
$4,747
2006
1,556
$659,038
$67,128
10.2
12
$5,594
2005
1,556
$715,299
$65,016
9.1
12
$5,418
2004
1,556
$737,308
$73,779
10
12
$6,148
2003
1,556
$730,769
$68,190
9.3
11
$6,199
2002
1,556
$493,570
$66,105
13.4
12
$5,509
2001
1,535
$500,621
$65,854
13.2
9
$7,317
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.