That's an increase of 26.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $312,820.
Norton Township has a population of 978.
Since 2001, the Norton Township budget has grown by 55.9 percent, from $253,511. The township population has fallen 8.3 percent over the same period, from 1,067.
Salaries accounted for 13.8 percent of township spending in 2017. Norton Township property taxpayers paid $54,525 for one full-time employee and 11 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and four part-time employees, and spent $31,290.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
978
$395,223
$54,525
13.8
12
$4,544
2016
978
$312,820
$59,984
19.2
13
$4,614
2015
1,057
$304,338
$57,338
18.8
12
$4,778
2014
1,057
$345,634
$58,224
16.8
12
$4,852
2013
1,067
$482,588
$55,367
11.5
10
$5,537
2012
1,067
$278,281
$56,986
20.5
10
$5,699
2011
1,067
$279,387
$59,009
21.1
12
$4,917
2010
1,067
$276,437
$50,350
18.2
12
$4,196
2009
1,067
$272,801
$51,597
18.9
9
$5,733
2008
1,067
$262,308
$52,669
20.1
9
$5,852
2007
1,067
$260,471
$56,358
21.6
9
$6,262
2006
1,067
$254,170
$55,826
22
9
$6,203
2005
1,067
$253,764
$49,958
19.7
9
$5,551
2004
1,067
$77,243
$50,585
65.5
5
$10,117
2003
1,067
$212,316
$52,257
24.6
14
$3,733
2002
1,067
$209,453
$46,960
22.4
5
$9,392
2001
1,067
$253,511
$31,290
12.3
5
$6,258
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.