That's an increase of 5.6 percent from 2016, when the township spent $615,138.
Custer Township has a population of 1,430.
Since 2001, the Custer Township budget has grown by 133.6 percent, from $278,124. The township population has fallen 2.3 percent over the same period, from 1,463.
Salaries accounted for 10.2 percent of township spending in 2017. Custer Township property taxpayers paid $65,926 for 21 part-time employees, or an average of $3,139 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had 14 part-time employees and spent $35,798, or $2,557 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
1,430
$649,640
$65,926
10.1
21
$3,139
2016
1,430
$615,138
$52,871
8.6
21
$2,518
2015
1,430
$562,026
$58,010
10.3
16
$3,626
2014
1,430
$582,141
$55,664
9.6
16
$3,479
2013
1,430
$560,939
$49,084
8.8
15
$3,272
2012
1,430
$521,064
$51,189
9.8
18
$2,844
2011
1,430
$523,380
$52,456
10
18
$2,914
2010
1,463
$506,439
$47,220
9.3
20
$2,361
2009
1,463
$1,946,710
$57,100
2.9
18
$3,172
2008
1,463
$410,633
$43,739
10.7
14
$3,124
2007
1,463
$354,807
$39,878
11.2
13
$3,068
2006
1,463
$316,740
$40,649
12.8
16
$2,541
2005
1,463
$338,840
$39,715
11.7
16
$2,482
2004
1,463
$331,390
$37,566
11.3
10
$3,757
2003
1,463
$342,732
$40,790
11.9
14
$2,914
2002
1,463
$320,320
$38,868
12.1
16
$2,429
2001
1,463
$278,124
$35,798
12.9
14
$2,557
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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