That's an increase of 2.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $453,904.
Jasper Township has a population of 1,726.
Since 2001, the Jasper Township budget has grown by 53 percent, from $303,809. The township population has fallen 1.4 percent over the same period, from 1,750.
Salaries accounted for 9.1 percent of township spending in 2016. Jasper Township property taxpayers paid $42,488 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $3,863 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and nine part-time employees, and spent $45,730.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,726
$464,822
$42,488
9.1
11
$3,863
2015
1,726
$453,904
$43,105
9.5
13
$3,316
2014
1,726
$438,269
$39,421
9
12
$3,285
2013
1,726
$450,633
$38,755
8.6
9
$4,306
2012
1,726
$428,027
$41,448
9.7
10
$4,145
2011
1,726
$443,734
$42,451
9.6
10
$4,245
2010
1,726
$447,661
$43,149
9.6
10
$4,315
2009
1,851
$428,226
$40,946
9.6
12
$3,412
2008
1,851
$428,226
$39,571
9.2
9
$4,397
2007
1,851
$400,502
$44,082
11
12
$3,674
2006
1,851
$367,131
$44,726
12.2
9
$4,970
2005
1,851
$375,483
$47,069
12.5
9
$5,230
2004
1,726
$382,480
$52,292
13.7
10
$5,229
2003
1,726
$387,237
$50,117
12.9
12
$4,176
2002
1,726
$281,330
$49,087
17.4
12
$4,091
2001
1,750
$303,809
$45,730
15.1
10
$4,573
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.