That's a decrease of 4.7 percent from 2015, when the township spent $7.98 million.
Ela Township has a population of 42,654.
Since 2001, the Ela Township budget has grown by 52 percent, from $5 million. The township population has grown 31.5 percent over the same period, from 32,433.
Salaries accounted for 23.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Ela Township property taxpayers paid $1.76 million for 19 full-time employees and 17 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 13 full-time employees and 11 part-time employees, and spent $917,569.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
42,654
$7,601,467
$1,762,820
23.2
36
$48,967
2015
42,654
$7,975,398
$1,568,304
19.7
36
$43,564
2014
42,654
$7,433,603
$1,466,672
19.7
36
$40,741
2013
42,654
$4,688,655
$1,407,150
30
36
$39,088
2012
32,500
$6,640,437
$1,325,478
20
36
$36,819
2011
32,500
$4,237,230
$1,348,084
31.8
36
$37,447
2010
32,500
$5,847,216
$1,311,210
22.4
36
$36,422
2009
32,500
$9,745,184
$1,193,845
12.3
36
$33,162
2008
32,500
$8,533,755
$1,277,713
15
36
$35,492
2007
32,433
$8,499,944
$1,114,139
13.1
32
$34,817
2006
32,433
$7,942,055
$1,124,143
14.2
32
$35,129
2005
32,433
$9,072,083
$1,129,782
12.5
32
$35,306
2004
32,433
$9,114,472
$1,187,282
13
32
$37,103
2003
40,000
$5,376,784
$1,039,736
19.3
33
$31,507
2002
32,433
$4,985,330
$990,543
19.9
22
$45,025
2001
32,433
$5,000,140
$917,569
18.4
24
$38,232
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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