That's a decrease of 0.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $160,896.
Harwood Township has a population of 625.
Since 2001, the Harwood Township budget has fallen by 11.1 percent, from $180,326. The township population has grown 6.1 percent over the same period, from 589.
Salaries accounted for 18.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Harwood Township property taxpayers paid $30,355 for 12 part-time employees, or an average of $2,530 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had nine part-time employees and spent $37,627, or $4,181 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
625
$160,279
$30,355
18.9
12
$2,530
2016
623
$160,896
$52,712
32.8
12
$4,393
2015
623
$225,963
$43,386
19.2
13
$3,337
2014
623
$250,764
$39,067
15.6
15
$2,604
2013
623
$255,496
$34,174
13.4
13
$2,629
2012
623
$152,627
$35,207
23.1
14
$2,515
2011
669
$329,002
$41,469
12.6
15
$2,765
2010
669
$206,970
$33,672
16.3
17
$1,981
2009
618
$160,854
$31,171
19.4
11
$2,834
2008
619
$153,726
$5,033
3.3
12
$419
2007
608
$160,756
$7,380
4.6
11
$671
2006
595
$260,083
$8,828
3.4
12
$736
2005
589
$213,571
$35,110
16.4
11
$3,192
2004
589
$330,586
$10,681
3.2
9
$1,187
2003
589
$233,067
$10,165
4.4
9
$1,129
2002
589
$171,433
$11,283
6.6
9
$1,254
2001
589
$180,326
$37,627
20.9
9
$4,181
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.