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The price of local government in 2016: Algonquin Township

Budget 10

The Algonquin Township budget was $7.28 million for its 2016 fiscal year.

That's a decrease of 1.5 percent from 2015, when the township spent $7.39 million.

Algonquin Township has a population of 87,821.

Since 2001, the Algonquin Township budget has grown by 18.8 percent, from $6.12 million. The township population has grown 5.8 percent over the same period, from 83,000.

Salaries accounted for 21 percent of township spending in 2016. Algonquin Township property taxpayers paid $1.53 million for 24 full-time employees and nine part-time employees.

In 2001, the township had 21 full-time employees and four part-time employees, and spent $1.45 million.

Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
87,821
$7,275,608
$1,526,431
21
33
$46,255
2015
88,389
$7,390,055
$1,597,380
21.6
27
$59,162
2014
88,389
$7,487,575
$1,679,097
22.4
36
$46,642
2013
103,121
$7,574,850
$1,607,646
21.2
35
$45,933
2012
103,121
$7,580,460
$1,604,125
21.2
37
$43,355
2011
103,121
$7,806,210
$1,642,558
21
26
$63,175
2010
98,500
$7,835,847
$1,586,411
20.2
32
$49,575
2009
98,481
$7,553,345
$1,608,580
21.3
26
$61,868
2008
100,000
$7,324,645
$1,464,174
20
37
$39,572
2007
100,000
$7,571,747
$1,439,965
19
30
$47,999
2006
96,000
$8,119,688
$1,416,588
17.4
31
$45,696
2005
95,035
$8,091,070
$1,395,540
17.2
33
$42,289
2004
95,035
$7,984,055
$1,339,200
16.8
31
$43,200
2003
92,000
$7,558,404
$1,411,261
18.7
120
$11,761
2002
90,000
$6,506,962
$1,674,714
25.7
31
$54,023
2001
83,000
$6,123,571
$1,446,012
23.6
25
$57,840

All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.

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