That's an increase of 4.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $1.21 million.
Mendota Township has a population of 7,534.
Since 2001, the Mendota Township budget has grown by 29.4 percent, from $978,664. The township population has grown 2.5 percent over the same period, from 7,350.
Salaries accounted for 11.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Mendota Township property taxpayers paid $150,190 for 16 part-time employees, or an average of $9,387 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 17 part-time employees and spent $112,521, or $6,619 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
7,534
$1,266,840
$150,190
11.9
16
$9,387
2016
7,534
$1,213,800
$146,539
12.1
16
$9,159
2015
7,534
$1,225,360
$150,078
12.2
16
$9,380
2014
7,534
$1,141,090
$153,368
13.4
16
$9,586
2013
7,534
$1,094,850
$142,651
13
16
$8,916
2012
7,500
$875,270
$129,708
14.8
13
$9,978
2011
7,500
$1,021,181
$151,700
14.9
13
$11,669
2010
7,500
$878,564
$166,355
18.9
16
$10,397
2009
7,500
$1,143,429
$180,377
15.8
16
$11,274
2008
7,500
$1,090,469
$173,275
15.9
16
$10,830
2007
7,500
$1,054,240
$145,474
13.8
16
$9,092
2006
7,500
$993,139
$139,251
14
16
$8,703
2005
7,500
$1,106,105
$146,015
13.2
16
$9,126
2004
7,500
$1,012,705
$146,139
14.4
16
$9,134
2003
7,500
$1,311,535
$146,223
11.1
16
$9,139
2002
7,500
$1,098,486
$142,654
13
16
$8,916
2001
7,350
$978,664
$112,521
11.5
17
$6,619
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.