That's an increase of 5.7 percent from 2016, when the township spent $1.11 million.
Alton Township has a population of 27,865.
Since 2001, the Alton Township budget has fallen by 28.7 percent, from $1.64 million. The township population has fallen 14.8 percent over the same period, from 32,700.
Salaries accounted for 51.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Alton Township property taxpayers paid $597,958 for 12 full-time employees, or an average of $49,830 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 12 full-time employees and one part-time employee, and spent $581,364.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
27,865
$1,170,012
$597,958
51.1
12
$49,830
2016
27,865
$1,107,363
$566,545
51.2
12
$47,212
2015
27,865
$1,258,799
$562,956
44.7
12
$46,913
2014
27,865
$1,258,799
$585,366
46.5
12
$48,780
2013
27,865
$1,191,834
$592,233
49.7
12
$49,353
2012
27,865
$1,218,230
$585,369
48.1
12
$48,781
2011
30,504
$1,220,069
$586,158
48
12
$48,847
2010
30,504
$1,611,984
$644,173
40
14
$46,012
2009
30,504
$1,595,183
$668,283
41.9
14
$47,734
2008
30,504
$1,413,456
$646,012
45.7
14
$46,144
2007
30,504
$1,437,605
$641,494
44.6
14
$45,821
2006
30,504
$1,565,991
$660,071
42.2
14
$47,148
2005
30,496
$1,627,556
$623,288
38.3
14
$44,521
2004
30,496
$1,470,164
$619,922
42.2
14
$44,280
2003
30,496
$1,563,221
$606,788
38.8
13
$46,676
2002
32,700
$1,597,645
$585,395
36.6
12
$48,783
2001
32,700
$1,640,983
$581,364
35.4
13
$44,720
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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