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Monday, December 23, 2024

The price of local government in 2016: Newport Township

Budget 06

The Newport Township budget was $1.23 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's an increase of one percent from 2015, when the township spent $1.22 million.

Newport Township has a population of 52,270.

Since 2005, the Newport Township budget has fallen by 63.1 percent, from $3.34 million. The township population has grown 1036.3 percent over the same period, from 4,600.

Salaries accounted for 17.3 percent of township spending in 2016. Newport Township property taxpayers paid $213,362 for six full-time employees and nine part-time employees.

In 2005, the township had two full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, and spent $207,029.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
52,270
$1,231,893
$213,362
17.3
15
$14,224
2015
5,227
$1,219,387
$216,537
17.8
15
$14,436
2014
5,228
$1,025,642
$228,592
22.3
21
$10,885
2013
5,227
$1,183,144
$230,885
19.5
14
$16,492
2012
5,227
$1,156,867
$213,789
18.5
14
$15,271
2011
5,227
$998,995
$250,115
25
20
$12,506
2010
5,022
$1,103,869
$266,253
24.1
18
$14,792
2009
5,022
$2,488,678
$306,357
12.3
15
$20,424
2008
5,022
$3,568,105
$287,268
8.1
15
$19,151
2007
4,600
$2,030,873
$265,623
13.1
13
$20,433
2006
4,600
$1,782,441
$219,610
12.3
12
$18,301
2005
4,600
$3,336,190
$207,029
6.2
14
$14,788

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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