That's an increase of 38.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $2.13 million.
Fort Russell Township has a population of 9,146.
Since 2001, the Fort Russell Township budget has grown by 336.3 percent, from $676,198. The township population has grown 55 percent over the same period, from 5,900.
Salaries accounted for 11.4 percent of township spending in 2017. Fort Russell Township property taxpayers paid $337,617 for six full-time employees and nine part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had six full-time employees and spent $233,048, or $38,841 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
9,146
$2,950,013
$337,617
11.4
15
$22,508
2016
8,500
$2,132,346
$343,179
16.1
15
$22,879
2015
8,500
$2,088,779
$340,932
16.3
15
$22,729
2014
8,500
$2,194,981
$336,361
15.3
15
$22,424
2013
8,500
$2,220,818
$304,088
13.7
15
$20,273
2012
8,500
$2,319,489
$321,870
13.9
16
$20,117
2011
8,500
$2,109,747
$325,719
15.4
16
$20,357
2010
8,500
$3,729,332
$295,002
7.9
15
$19,667
2009
8,250
$1,727,778
$279,942
16.2
15
$18,663
2008
8,040
$1,903,278
$263,939
13.9
14
$18,853
2007
7,710
$1,785,941
$265,010
14.8
12
$22,084
2006
5,900
$2,034,975
$269,470
13.2
6
$44,912
2005
5,900
$1,785,481
$271,306
15.2
6
$45,218
2004
5,900
$1,562,321
$270,010
17.3
6
$45,002
2003
5,900
$1,457,175
$252,256
17.3
6
$42,043
2002
5,900
$1,160,852
$221,942
19.1
6
$36,990
2001
5,900
$676,198
$233,048
34.5
6
$38,841
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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