That's an increase of 32.3 percent from 2016, when the township spent $107,618.
Pella Township has a population of 176.
Since 2001, the Pella Township budget has fallen by 44.2 percent, from $255,090. The township population has fallen 20 percent over the same period, from 220.
Salaries accounted for 18.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Pella Township property taxpayers paid $25,969 for nine part-time employees, or an average of $2,885 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had seven part-time employees and spent $38,170, or $5,453 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
176
$142,381
$25,969
18.2
9
$2,885
2016
176
$107,618
$28,975
26.9
9
$3,219
2015
176
$81,197
$31,848
39.2
9
$3,539
2014
176
$177,313
$31,848
18
9
$3,539
2013
176
$158,295
$28,134
17.8
9
$3,126
2012
220
$314,456
$30,637
9.7
9
$3,404
2011
220
$280,348
$33,294
11.9
9
$3,699
2010
220
$302,659
$32,656
10.8
10
$3,266
2009
220
$161,008
$30,572
19
10
$3,057
2008
220
$152,354
$34,015
22.3
7
$4,859
2007
220
$254,848
$35,125
13.8
7
$5,018
2006
220
$193,213
$34,310
17.8
7
$4,901
2005
220
$374,891
$35,211
9.4
7
$5,030
2004
220
$220,146
$39,135
17.8
7
$5,591
2003
220
$199,115
$36,468
18.3
7
$5,210
2002
220
$274,473
$41,948
15.3
7
$5,993
2001
220
$255,090
$38,170
15
7
$5,453
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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