That's an increase of 16.1 percent from 2015, when the township spent $563,443.
Meriden Township has a population of 364.
Since 2001, the Meriden Township budget has fallen by 34.6 percent, from $1 million. The township population has grown four percent over the same period, from 350.
Salaries accounted for 6.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Meriden Township property taxpayers paid $44,394 for two part-time employees, or an average of $22,197 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 part-time employees and spent $50,387, or $4,199 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
364
$654,413
$44,394
6.8
2
$22,197
2015
364
$563,443
$45,991
8.2
2
$22,996
2014
364
$685,693
$45,179
6.6
2
$22,590
2013
364
$595,339
$42,094
7.1
12
$3,508
2012
364
$681,686
$31,902
4.7
12
$2,659
2011
364
$242,860
$46,864
19.3
12
$3,905
2010
364
$778,108
$44,565
5.7
12
$3,714
2009
364
$678,255
$47,740
7
13
$3,672
2008
364
$718,444
$61,908
8.6
13
$4,762
2007
364
$605,242
$56,826
9.4
13
$4,371
2006
364
$694,125
$58,818
8.5
13
$4,524
2005
364
$558,090
$60,694
10.9
10
$6,069
2004
364
$656,856
$63,157
9.6
10
$6,316
2003
364
$878,837
$55,969
6.4
12
$4,664
2002
364
$762,633
$67,665
8.9
15
$4,511
2001
350
$1,000,220
$50,387
5
12
$4,199
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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