That's an increase of 64.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $307,373.
Pierce Township has a population of 454.
Since 2001, the Pierce Township budget has grown by 98.5 percent, from $254,296. The township population has fallen 27 percent over the same period, from 622.
Salaries accounted for 7.5 percent of township spending in 2017. Pierce Township property taxpayers paid $38,062 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $4,229 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 12 part-time employees, and spent $88,005.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
454
$504,878
$38,062
7.5
9
$4,229
2016
454
$307,373
$46,272
15.1
9
$5,141
2015
454
$881,518
$47,700
5.4
9
$5,300
2014
454
$872,797
$46,232
5.3
9
$5,137
2013
454
$230,052
$36,533
15.9
8
$4,567
2012
454
$352,218
$40,908
11.6
8
$5,113
2011
473
$363,183
$42,225
11.6
10
$4,222
2010
473
$353,383
$44,219
12.5
12
$3,685
2009
473
$440,011
$34,263
7.8
11
$3,115
2008
473
$346,931
$36,021
10.4
14
$2,573
2007
473
$334,016
$35,537
10.6
12
$2,961
2006
473
$242,260
$37,818
15.6
13
$2,909
2005
473
$242,367
$79,733
32.9
11
$7,248
2004
473
$246,505
$77,567
31.5
11
$7,052
2003
473
$251,182
$89,405
35.6
12
$7,450
2002
473
$253,540
$92,970
36.7
15
$6,198
2001
622
$254,296
$88,005
34.6
13
$6,770
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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