That's a decrease of 23.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $237,468.
Knights Prairie Township has a population of 574.
Since 2001, the Knights Prairie Township budget has grown by 32.4 percent, from $137,669. The township population has grown 4.6 percent over the same period, from 549.
Salaries accounted for 13.7 percent of township spending in 2017. Knights Prairie Township property taxpayers paid $24,945 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $2,268 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 11 part-time employees and spent $31,416, or $2,856 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
574
$182,208
$24,945
13.7
11
$2,268
2016
574
$237,468
$31,199
13.1
11
$2,836
2015
574
$121,317
$31,272
25.8
13
$2,406
2014
574
$172,314
$28,302
16.4
13
$2,177
2013
574
$109,944
$32,775
29.8
13
$2,521
2012
574
$198,108
$30,591
15.4
13
$2,353
2011
508
$113,904
$33,407
29.3
17
$1,965
2010
549
$107,000
$31,944
29.9
11
$2,904
2009
549
$119,270
$32,551
27.3
11
$2,959
2008
549
$127,881
$31,045
24.3
11
$2,822
2007
549
$126,898
$34,104
26.9
11
$3,100
2006
549
$141,356
$34,053
24.1
11
$3,096
2005
549
$146,858
$34,710
23.6
11
$3,155
2004
549
$139,617
$34,883
25
12
$2,907
2003
549
$136,676
$36,161
26.5
12
$3,013
2002
549
$155,617
$35,924
23.1
13
$2,763
2001
549
$137,669
$31,416
22.8
11
$2,856
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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