That's an increase of 6.8 percent from 2015, when the township spent $4.30 million.
Dekalb Township has a population of 43,862.
Since 2001, the Dekalb Township budget has grown by 23 percent, from $3.73 million. The township population has grown 12.5 percent over the same period, from 39,000.
Salaries accounted for 13.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Dekalb Township property taxpayers paid $632,356 for seven full-time employees and four part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had six full-time employees and 10 part-time employees, and spent $397,677.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
43,862
$4,593,380
$632,356
13.8
11
$57,487
2015
43,000
$4,300,506
$574,813
13.4
10
$57,481
2014
43,000
$4,004,543
$569,669
14.2
14
$40,691
2013
43,000
$4,035,536
$566,241
14
14
$40,446
2012
43,000
$4,003,352
$548,554
13.7
15
$36,570
2011
43,000
$4,404,732
$548,200
12.4
16
$34,263
2010
43,000
$4,832,322
$525,686
10.9
16
$32,855
2009
43,000
$5,449,833
$454,998
8.3
16
$28,437
2008
43,000
$15,656,074
$416,354
2.7
16
$26,022
2005
42,000
$6,013,106
$442,335
7.4
16
$27,646
2004
42,189
$4,804,866
$425,337
8.9
16
$26,584
2003
39,000
$3,757,741
$382,799
10.2
16
$23,925
2002
39,000
$3,979,095
$373,797
9.4
16
$23,362
2001
39,000
$3,732,951
$397,677
10.7
16
$24,855
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.