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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Vernon Township

Budget 02

The Vernon Township budget was $5.90 million for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 10.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $6.59 million.

Vernon Township has a population of 67,833.

Since 2001, the Vernon Township budget has fallen by 12.1 percent, from $6.72 million. The township population has grown 21.1 percent over the same period, from 56,000.

Salaries accounted for 25.6 percent of township spending in 2017. Vernon Township property taxpayers paid $1.51 million for 20 full-time employees and 50 part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had 18 full-time employees and 40 part-time employees, and spent $1.33 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
67,833
$5,904,635
$1,514,211
25.6
70
$21,632
2016
63,355
$6,586,186
$1,557,911
23.7
70
$22,256
2015
63,355
$6,655,319
$1,637,698
24.6
72
$22,746
2014
65,355
$6,268,326
$1,648,596
26.3
80
$20,607
2013
65,355
$6,850,318
$1,733,783
25.3
80
$21,672
2012
65,355
$7,639,476
$1,686,402
22.1
80
$21,080
2011
65,355
$8,548,740
$1,718,699
20.1
80
$21,484
2010
72,000
$6,883,341
$1,699,992
24.7
76
$22,368
2009
72,000
$7,184,926
$1,662,527
23.1
76
$21,875
2008
72,000
$6,586,776
$1,748,010
26.5
76
$23,000
2007
69,000
$7,007,273
$1,587,647
22.7
80
$19,846
2006
69,000
$7,913,989
$1,627,084
20.6
80
$20,339
2005
69,000
$7,454,968
$1,569,659
21.1
80
$19,621
2004
69,000
$7,669,517
$1,546,088
20.2
79
$19,571
2003
69,000
$6,418,884
$1,456,824
22.7
79
$18,441
2002
65,000
$7,271,475
$1,462,035
20.1
60
$24,367
2001
56,000
$6,718,561
$1,329,709
19.8
58
$22,926

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

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