That's an increase of 8.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $974,400.
South Ottawa Township has a population of 8,290.
Since 2001, the South Ottawa Township budget has grown by 31.1 percent, from $803,162. The township population has grown 0.8 percent over the same period, from 8,222.
Salaries accounted for 12 percent of township spending in 2017. South Ottawa Township property taxpayers paid $126,027 for 21 part-time employees, or an average of $6,001 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and 10 part-time employees, and spent $123,186.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
8,290
$1,053,150
$126,027
12
21
$6,001
2016
8,290
$974,400
$134,651
13.8
12
$11,221
2015
8,290
$983,680
$133,260
13.5
11
$12,115
2014
8,290
$512,966
$143,950
28.1
11
$13,086
2013
8,290
$819,015
$47,595
5.8
11
$4,327
2012
8,222
$732,912
$125,785
17.2
11
$11,435
2007
8,222
$606,850
$118,324
19.5
9
$13,147
2006
8,222
$903,810
$120,156
13.3
10
$12,016
2005
8,222
$952,056
$110,627
11.6
10
$11,063
2004
8,222
$934,728
$107,689
11.5
12
$8,974
2003
8,222
$962,460
$116,115
12.1
12
$9,676
2002
8,222
$773,097
$113,180
14.6
12
$9,432
2001
8,222
$803,162
$123,186
15.3
12
$10,266
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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