That's a decrease of 2.2 percent from 2016, when the township spent $371,201.
Farm Ridge Township has a population of 918.
Since 2001, the Farm Ridge Township budget has fallen by 49.6 percent, from $719,443. The township population has fallen 5.8 percent over the same period, from 975.
Salaries accounted for 13.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Farm Ridge Township property taxpayers paid $49,590 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $4,508 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had two part-time employees and spent $43,551, or $21,776 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
918
$362,916
$49,590
13.7
11
$4,508
2016
1,010
$371,201
$42,450
11.4
1
$42,450
2015
1,010
$561,694
$42,341
7.5
1
$42,341
2014
1,010
$531,408
$42,031
7.9
1
$42,031
2013
1,010
$619,632
$36,364
5.9
1
$36,364
2012
1,010
$530,231
$42,712
8.1
1
$42,712
2011
1,010
$468,584
$48,748
10.4
1
$48,748
2010
1,010
$804,495
$49,989
6.2
1
$49,989
2009
1,010
$728,501
$32,865
4.5
1
$32,865
2008
1,010
$774,920
$32,865
4.2
1
$32,865
2007
975
$599,844
$34,398
5.7
1
$34,398
2006
975
$553,375
$35,463
6.4
1
$35,463
2005
975
$570,830
$44,511
7.8
1
$44,511
2004
975
$622,859
$37,547
6
2
$18,773
2003
975
$685,984
$37,964
5.5
2
$18,982
2002
975
$706,160
$39,035
5.5
2
$19,517
2001
975
$719,443
$43,551
6.1
2
$21,776
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.