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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

The price of local government in 2017: Sheldon Township

Budget 05

The Sheldon Township budget was $596,936 for its 2017 fiscal year.

That's an increase of 3.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $579,054.

Sheldon Township has a population of 1,211.

Since 2001, the Sheldon Township budget has grown by 81.9 percent, from $328,234. The township population has fallen 14.8 percent over the same period, from 1,422.

Salaries accounted for 15.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Sheldon Township property taxpayers paid $94,580 for two full-time employees and 10 part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and six part-time employees, and spent $80,454.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,211
$596,936
$94,580
15.8
12
$7,882
2016
1,211
$579,054
$88,440
15.3
14
$6,317
2015
1,211
$506,163
$78,765
15.6
14
$5,626
2014
1,211
$498,022
$85,735
17.2
14
$6,124
2013
1,211
$568,787
$65,462
11.5
12
$5,455
2012
1,211
$661,835
$59,311
9
14
$4,237
2011
1,211
$669,664
$61,915
9.2
14
$4,422
2010
1,211
$359,508
$64,909
18.1
14
$4,636
2009
1,211
$370,722
$73,604
19.9
12
$6,134
2008
1,211
$315,736
$71,227
22.6
12
$5,936
2007
1,211
$423,601
$76,589
18.1
14
$5,471
2006
1,211
$434,018
$75,408
17.4
14
$5,386
2005
1,211
$397,979
$68,292
17.2
16
$4,268
2004
1,211
$407,198
$72,170
17.7
16
$4,511
2003
1,422
$708,375
$79,761
11.3
12
$6,647
2002
1,422
$323,617
$82,044
25.4
12
$6,837
2001
1,422
$328,234
$80,454
24.5
7
$11,493

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

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