That's an increase of 6.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $1.43 million.
Hamel Township has a population of 2,526.
Since 2001, the Hamel Township budget has grown by 81.5 percent, from $836,496. The township population has grown 24.6 percent over the same period, from 2,027.
Salaries accounted for 9.8 percent of township spending in 2016. Hamel Township property taxpayers paid $148,481 for four full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had two full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $92,578.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,526
$1,518,477
$148,481
9.8
12
$12,373
2015
2,526
$1,429,150
$160,656
11.2
12
$13,388
2014
2,526
$1,334,262
$148,824
11.2
12
$12,402
2013
2,526
$1,267,497
$142,704
11.3
12
$11,892
2012
2,089
$1,266,395
$148,289
11.7
11
$13,481
2009
2,028
$799,122
$114,301
14.3
5
$22,860
2008
2,027
$729,633
$102,432
14
10
$10,243
2007
2,027
$752,428
$114,076
15.2
10
$11,408
2006
2,027
$683,571
$93,426
13.7
10
$9,343
2005
2,027
$581,806
$94,206
16.2
10
$9,421
2004
2,027
$694,656
$107,315
15.4
10
$10,732
2003
2,027
$636,023
$86,790
13.6
5
$17,358
2002
2,027
$875,941
$85,950
9.8
5
$17,190
2001
2,027
$836,496
$92,578
11.1
6
$15,430
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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