That's an increase of 3.4 percent from 2016, when the township spent $708,722.
River Forest Township has a population of 11,199.
Since 2001, the River Forest Township budget has fallen by 7.1 percent, from $788,262. The township population has fallen 9.7 percent over the same period, from 12,400.
Salaries accounted for 12.9 percent of township spending in 2017. River Forest Township property taxpayers paid $94,382 for five full-time employees, or an average of $18,876 each, before their health care benefits and taxpayer-funded pension contributions.
In 2001, the township had five part-time employees and spent $39,337, or $7,867 each.
Year
Population
Budget
Salaries
Salary %
# Employees
$$ Per Employee
2017
11,199
$732,513
$94,382
12.9
5
$18,876
2016
11,199
$708,722
$99,421
14
5
$19,884
2015
11,172
$715,471
$164,389
23
6
$27,398
2014
11,172
$629,695
$161,196
25.6
6
$26,866
2013
11,172
$682,855
$159,493
23.4
6
$26,582
2012
11,172
$569,715
$159,005
27.9
7
$22,715
2011
11,172
$589,566
$168,884
28.6
7
$24,126
2010
11,635
$645,039
$127,713
19.8
6
$21,286
2009
12,400
$655,251
$139,510
21.3
7
$19,930
2008
12,400
$599,888
$136,228
22.7
7
$19,461
2007
12,400
$660,897
$141,153
21.4
7
$20,165
2006
12,400
$684,610
$143,808
21
7
$20,544
2005
12,400
$719,251
$58,837
8.2
6
$9,806
2004
12,400
$690,530
$59,304
8.6
6
$9,884
2003
12,400
$712,240
$148,080
20.8
6
$24,680
2002
12,400
$745,983
$52,716
7.1
5
$10,543
2001
12,400
$788,262
$39,337
5
5
$7,867
All values in this story are inflation-adjusted real values.
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