That's a decrease of 11.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $628,987.
Buffalo Township has a population of 2,813.
Since 2001, the Buffalo Township budget has fallen by 14 percent, from $645,816. The township population has fallen 6.2 percent over the same period, from 3,000.
Salaries accounted for 30.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Buffalo Township property taxpayers paid $171,186 for two full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and 23 part-time employees, and spent $168,801.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
2,813
$555,589
$171,186
30.8
10
$17,119
2016
2,813
$628,987
$143,760
22.9
17
$8,456
2015
2,813
$574,194
$140,768
24.5
19
$7,409
2014
2,813
$520,950
$142,586
27.4
18
$7,921
2013
3,000
$557,753
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
unavailable
2012
3,000
$601,343
$167,163
27.8
16
$10,448
2011
3,000
$518,749
$164,846
31.8
19
$8,676
2010
3,000
$527,139
$164,044
31.1
19
$8,634
2009
3,000
$540,623
$153,003
28.3
15
$10,200
2008
3,000
$487,403
$166,792
34.2
15
$11,119
2005
3,000
$471,943
$160,427
34
15
$10,695
2002
3,000
$483,420
$123,725
25.6
15
$8,248
2001
3,000
$645,816
$168,801
26.1
26
$6,492
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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