That's a decrease of 5.4 percent from 2015, when the township spent $7.49 million.
Aurora Township has a population of 115,553.
Since 2001, the Aurora Township budget has fallen by 7.6 percent, from $7.66 million. The township population has fallen 6.1 percent over the same period, from 123,000.
Salaries accounted for 30.1 percent of township spending in 2016. Aurora Township property taxpayers paid $2.13 million for 30 full-time employees and 24 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had 29 full-time employees and 111 part-time employees, and spent $2.22 million.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2016
115,553
$7,081,541
$2,134,527
30.1
54
$39,528
2015
115,553
$7,487,061
$2,034,031
27.2
53
$38,378
2014
115,553
$7,186,510
$2,168,972
30.2
53
$40,924
2013
115,553
$7,173,852
$2,290,262
31.9
54
$42,412
2012
115,553
$7,218,457
$2,193,842
30.4
58
$37,825
2011
135,186
$7,767,525
$2,213,046
28.5
74
$29,906
2010
135,186
$7,305,527
$2,180,430
29.8
100
$21,804
2009
135,186
$7,497,778
$2,218,673
29.6
100
$22,187
2008
135,186
$7,742,139
$2,055,692
26.6
101
$20,353
2007
135,186
$7,428,019
$1,994,427
26.9
101
$19,747
2006
135,186
$7,778,946
$2,358,730
30.3
101
$23,354
2005
115,553
$8,492,063
$2,508,497
29.5
124
$20,230
2004
115,553
$8,430,401
$2,676,461
31.7
106
$25,250
2003
115,553
$8,212,705
$2,390,496
29.1
65
$36,777
2002
115,553
$8,137,100
$2,343,557
28.8
65
$36,055
2001
123,000
$7,663,483
$2,220,735
29
140
$15,862
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.