That's an increase of 8.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $257,449.
Brown Township has a population of 2,100.
Since 2001, the Brown Township budget has fallen by 31.1 percent, from $405,180. The township population has fallen 29.2 percent over the same period, from 2,966.
Salaries accounted for 30 percent of township spending in 2016. Brown Township property taxpayers paid $83,659 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $6,972 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 15 part-time employees, and spent $95,430.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
2,100
$279,083
$83,659
30
12
$6,972
2015
2,100
$257,449
$85,991
33.4
14
$6,142
2014
2,100
$280,648
$101,593
36.2
13
$7,815
2013
2,100
$284,545
$91,448
32.1
12
$7,621
2012
2,100
$287,180
$98,202
34.2
12
$8,184
2011
2,100
$308,883
$102,629
33.2
12
$8,552
2010
2,100
$300,985
$103,487
34.4
13
$7,961
2009
2,100
$543,659
$105,108
19.3
13
$8,085
2008
2,100
$649,755
$93,688
14.4
14
$6,692
2007
2,100
$315,764
$98,764
31.3
13
$7,597
2006
2,100
$314,055
$104,833
33.4
13
$8,064
2005
2,100
$346,189
$113,086
32.7
12
$9,424
2004
2,100
$416,037
$101,111
24.3
14
$7,222
2003
2,100
$345,311
$98,845
28.6
14
$7,060
2002
2,966
$355,019
$105,567
29.7
15
$7,038
2001
2,966
$405,180
$95,430
23.6
16
$5,964
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.