That's a decrease of seven percent from 2016, when the township spent $2.22 million.
Blackberry Township has a population of 15,090.
Since 2001, the Blackberry Township budget has grown by 134.3 percent, from $879,273. The township population has grown 151.5 percent over the same period, from 6,000.
Salaries accounted for 26.9 percent of township spending in 2017. Blackberry Township property taxpayers paid $553,347 for eight full-time employees and 14 part-time employees.
In 2001, the township had three full-time employees and three part-time employees, and spent $287,713.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
15,090
$2,059,951
$553,347
26.9
22
$25,152
2016
15,090
$2,215,034
$529,391
23.9
19
$27,863
2015
15,090
$1,964,941
$598,735
30.5
22
$27,215
2014
6,500
$2,056,784
$641,431
31.2
21
$30,544
2013
6,500
$1,952,975
$588,373
30.1
21
$28,018
2012
6,500
$1,762,386
$607,083
34.4
21
$28,909
2011
6,500
$1,742,709
$600,898
34.5
23
$26,126
2010
6,500
$1,599,614
$559,490
35
23
$24,326
2009
6,500
$1,855,597
$545,398
29.4
22
$24,791
2008
6,300
$1,806,714
$519,764
28.8
15
$34,651
2007
6,300
$1,600,579
$513,236
32.1
15
$34,216
2006
6,200
$1,519,456
$431,408
28.4
15
$28,761
2005
6,000
$1,261,875
$479,960
38
18
$26,664
2004
6,000
$1,290,983
$426,308
33
18
$23,684
2003
6,000
$1,363,812
$411,608
30.2
18
$22,867
2002
6,000
$1,472,621
$353,546
24
6
$58,924
2001
6,000
$879,273
$287,713
32.7
6
$47,952
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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