That's an increase of 18.3 percent from 2015, when the township spent $923,617.
Big Rock Township has a population of 1,973.
Since 2001, the Big Rock Township budget has grown by 143.5 percent, from $448,733. The township population has fallen six percent over the same period, from 2,100.
Salaries accounted for 16.9 percent of township spending in 2016. Big Rock Township property taxpayers paid $185,175 for eight full-time employees and six part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and eight part-time employees, and spent $115,396.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
1,973
$1,092,742
$185,175
16.9
14
$13,227
2015
1,973
$923,617
$100,862
10.9
13
$7,759
2014
1,938
$2,030,455
$177,175
8.7
5
$35,435
2013
1,938
$1,154,143
$167,010
14.5
12
$13,918
2012
1,938
$1,110,190
$156,689
14.1
12
$13,057
2011
1,938
$921,950
$164,545
17.8
14
$11,753
2010
2,000
$1,050,060
$146,385
13.9
10
$14,639
2009
1,984
$555,014
$138,434
24.9
10
$13,843
2008
1,948
$535,780
$138,997
25.9
10
$13,900
2007
2,702
$345,370
$120,370
34.9
11
$10,943
2006
2,702
$532,091
$140,874
26.5
11
$12,807
2005
2,590
$530,875
$137,558
25.9
11
$12,505
2004
2,200
$750,149
$178,051
23.7
15
$11,870
2003
2,200
$642,527
$177,152
27.6
15
$11,810
2002
2,200
$466,108
$157,378
33.8
13
$12,106
2001
2,100
$448,733
$115,396
25.7
11
$10,491
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.