That's an increase of 4.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $744,666.
Goose Creek Township has a population of 850.
Since 2001, the Goose Creek Township budget has grown by 25.5 percent, from $618,481. The township population has fallen 15 percent over the same period, from 1,000.
Salaries accounted for seven percent of township spending in 2016. Goose Creek Township property taxpayers paid $54,600 for one full-time employee and one part-time employee.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and 16 part-time employees, and spent $140,045.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
850
$776,449
$54,600
7
2
$27,300
2015
2,000
$744,666
$53,000
7.1
2
$26,500
2014
2,000
$750,508
$53,000
7.1
2
$26,500
2013
2,000
$651,537
$110,240
16.9
13
$8,480
2012
2,000
$740,028
$111,191
15
13
$8,553
2010
900
$653,135
$110,100
16.9
15
$7,340
2009
900
$637,094
$84,508
13.3
15
$5,634
2008
900
$637,153
$98,278
15.4
17
$5,781
2007
19,280
$663,589
$99,784
15
19
$5,252
2006
19,280
$662,349
$103,866
15.7
20
$5,193
2005
1,928
$602,228
$107,108
17.8
14
$7,651
2004
1,000
$616,097
$113,521
18.4
19
$5,975
2003
1,000
$589,931
$117,174
19.9
19
$6,167
2002
1,000
$575,379
$114,866
20
19
$6,046
2001
1,000
$618,481
$140,045
22.6
19
$7,371
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.