That's an increase of 14.7 percent from 2015, when the township spent $1.21 million.
Shields Township has a population of 39,062.
Since 2001, the Shields Township budget has fallen by 48.2 percent, from $2.69 million. The township population has fallen 13.2 percent over the same period, from 45,000.
Salaries accounted for 40.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Shields Township property taxpayers paid $561,538 for six full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 11 full-time employees and seven part-time employees, and spent $673,655.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
39,062
$1,393,645
$561,538
40.3
12
$46,795
2015
39,062
$1,214,803
$558,022
45.9
13
$42,925
2014
45,132
$1,192,299
$594,321
49.8
16
$37,145
2013
45,247
$1,371,230
$607,991
44.3
8
$75,999
2012
40,000
$1,524,804
$626,976
41.1
10
$62,698
2011
42,000
$1,986,260
$686,859
34.6
11
$62,442
2010
43,000
$2,157,475
$681,200
31.6
11
$61,927
2009
42,000
$2,754,241
$723,929
26.3
14
$51,709
2008
42,000
$2,237,225
$696,024
31.1
13
$53,540
2007
44,000
$3,130,449
$672,462
21.5
13
$51,728
2006
44,000
$3,308,909
$644,813
19.5
10
$64,481
2005
44,000
$2,526,460
$666,849
26.4
11
$60,623
2004
44,000
$2,792,788
$671,767
24.1
13
$51,674
2003
42,000
$2,909,566
$680,030
23.4
15
$45,335
2002
42,000
$2,481,634
$664,028
26.8
16
$41,502
2001
45,000
$2,691,012
$673,655
25
18
$37,425
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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