That's an increase of 4.6 percent from 2015, when the township spent $331,172.
Somer Township has a population of 1,563.
Since 2001, the Somer Township budget has fallen by 19 percent, from $427,981. The township population has grown 10 percent over the same period, from 1,421.
Salaries accounted for 27.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Somer Township property taxpayers paid $94,423 for two full-time employees and seven part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had four full-time employees and five part-time employees, and spent $65,827.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,563
$346,455
$94,423
27.3
9
$10,491
2015
1,536
$331,172
$85,172
25.7
10
$8,517
2014
1,519
$317,119
$97,967
30.9
10
$9,797
2013
1,515
$295,923
$70,375
23.8
10
$7,037
2012
1,512
$401,011
$77,083
19.2
10
$7,708
2011
1,509
$313,914
$85,894
27.4
10
$8,589
2010
1,502
$315,371
$74,172
23.5
9
$8,241
2009
1,499
$428,628
$78,534
18.3
9
$8,726
2008
1,551
$437,175
$73,144
16.7
9
$8,127
2007
1,545
$498,039
$77,255
15.5
9
$8,584
2006
1,543
$509,163
$72,421
14.2
9
$8,047
2005
1,539
$526,882
$67,634
12.8
9
$7,515
2004
1,501
$514,364
$79,335
15.4
9
$8,815
2003
1,466
$520,665
$76,912
14.8
9
$8,546
2002
1,465
$534,198
$58,946
11
9
$6,550
2001
1,421
$427,981
$65,827
15.4
9
$7,314
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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