That's a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $1.41 million.
Marengo Township has a population of 8,000.
Since 2001, the Marengo Township budget has fallen by 31.3 percent, from $1.94 million. The township population has grown 23.1 percent over the same period, from 6,500.
Salaries accounted for 25.2 percent of township spending in 2016. Marengo Township property taxpayers paid $336,130 for six full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had five full-time employees and 13 part-time employees, and spent $272,967.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
8,000
$1,335,466
$336,130
25.2
12
$28,011
2015
8,000
$1,410,951
$338,447
24
12
$28,204
2014
8,000
$1,019,198
$345,406
33.9
3
$115,135
2013
8,000
$1,440,366
$338,286
23.5
12
$28,191
2012
7,648
$1,510,364
$317,399
21
12
$26,450
2011
8,000
$1,709,065
$334,416
19.6
12
$27,868
2010
7,138
$1,790,912
$323,431
18.1
11
$29,403
2009
8,476
$1,823,004
$323,940
17.8
11
$29,449
2008
8,229
$1,691,177
$305,085
18
8
$38,136
2007
7,239
$1,398,693
$302,967
21.7
8
$37,871
2006
7,239
$1,098,511
$308,184
28.1
8
$38,523
2005
7,239
$1,105,338
$290,839
26.3
14
$20,774
2004
7,239
$1,124,521
$303,695
27
14
$21,692
2003
7,239
$1,185,539
$285,964
24.1
14
$20,426
2002
6,800
$1,249,805
$246,429
19.7
15
$16,429
2001
6,500
$1,943,533
$272,967
14
18
$15,165
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.