That's an increase of 3.2 percent from 2015, when the township spent $305,020.
Elsah Township has a population of 2,462.
Since 2001, the Elsah Township budget has grown by 38.2 percent, from $227,853. The township population has grown 1.5 percent over the same period, from 2,425.
Salaries accounted for 14.6 percent of township spending in 2016. Elsah Township property taxpayers paid $46,099 for one full-time employee and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and seven part-time employees, and spent $39,466.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,462
$314,916
$46,099
14.6
10
$4,610
2015
2,425
$305,020
$50,901
16.7
10
$5,090
2014
2,425
$356,775
$46,269
13
10
$4,627
2013
2,425
$297,410
$31,288
10.5
10
$3,129
2012
2,425
$280,315
$31,793
11.3
9
$3,533
2011
2,425
$336,503
$36,067
10.7
9
$4,007
2010
2,425
$296,407
$42,063
14.2
9
$4,674
2009
2,425
$261,043
$29,462
11.3
10
$2,946
2008
2,425
$310,312
$29,455
9.5
12
$2,455
2007
2,425
$327,942
$37,883
11.6
12
$3,157
2006
2,425
$283,058
$35,000
12.4
12
$2,917
2005
2,425
$328,088
$30,226
9.2
8
$3,778
2004
2,425
$384,714
$31,217
8.1
8
$3,902
2003
2,425
$300,111
$31,372
10.5
8
$3,922
2002
2,425
$236,825
$32,096
13.6
8
$4,012
2001
2,425
$227,853
$39,466
17.3
8
$4,933
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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