That's an increase of 14.1 percent from 2016, when the township spent $295,759.
South Homer Township has a population of 1,585.
Since 2001, the South Homer Township budget has fallen by 31.9 percent, from $496,017. The township population has remained same.
Salaries accounted for 16.3 percent of township spending in 2017. South Homer Township property taxpayers paid $55,040 for 11 part-time employees, or an average of $5,004 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had one full-time employee and 14 part-time employees, and spent $58,603.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,585
$337,605
$55,040
16.3
11
$5,004
2016
1,585
$295,759
$57,704
19.5
11
$5,246
2015
1,585
$290,698
$58,636
20.2
11
$5,331
2014
1,585
$309,039
$56,773
18.4
12
$4,731
2013
1,585
$328,347
$58,336
17.8
13
$4,487
2012
1,585
$317,501
$59,988
18.9
14
$4,285
2011
1,585
$400,732
$62,366
15.6
14
$4,455
2010
1,585
$485,423
$57,944
11.9
13
$4,457
2009
1,585
$444,581
$55,401
12.5
14
$3,957
2008
1,585
$541,370
$54,377
10
14
$3,884
2007
1,585
$433,254
$57,622
13.3
13
$4,432
2006
1,585
$439,459
$55,730
12.7
13
$4,287
2005
1,585
$388,144
$54,499
14
14
$3,893
2004
1,585
$349,562
$59,669
17.1
13
$4,590
2003
1,585
$331,799
$59,915
18.1
13
$4,609
2002
1,585
$513,566
$60,700
11.8
15
$4,047
2001
1,585
$496,017
$58,603
11.8
15
$3,907
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.