That's a decrease of 11 percent from 2016, when the township spent $278,024.
Ridgeland Township has a population of 369.
Since 2001, the Ridgeland Township budget has grown by 43.4 percent, from $172,530. The township population has fallen 1.3 percent over the same period, from 374.
Salaries accounted for 14.1 percent of township spending in 2017. Ridgeland Township property taxpayers paid $34,833 for one full-time employee and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and seven part-time employees, and spent $23,950.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
369
$247,416
$34,833
14.1
7
$4,976
2016
369
$278,024
$34,283
12.3
7
$4,898
2015
369
$561,344
$34,609
6.2
7
$4,944
2014
369
$275,081
$34,326
12.5
7
$4,904
2013
369
$279,569
$31,914
11.4
7
$4,559
2012
369
$564,315
$32,128
5.7
7
$4,590
2009
403
$192,608
$66,153
34.3
3
$22,051
2008
403
$202,995
$62,526
30.8
3
$20,842
2007
403
$205,997
$63,989
31.1
3
$21,330
2006
403
$209,056
$65,394
31.3
3
$21,798
2005
403
$208,740
$80,005
38.3
5
$16,001
2004
403
$296,743
$32,905
11.1
6
$5,484
2003
403
$298,024
$28,723
9.6
6
$4,787
2002
403
$204,943
$26,459
12.9
6
$4,410
2001
374
$172,530
$23,950
13.9
8
$2,994
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.