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Thanks Marc for presenting the facts. I also have spent many hours presenting facts comparing city Vs School spending that Mr. Corrente fails to acknowledge.

Local tax dollars allocated to schools & city

2008 $118,064,827 City $67,056,675

2009 $118,064,827 City $76,149,571

2010 $123,968,468 City $78,525,638

2011 $117,769,632 City $86,807,409

2012 $118,644,632 City $93,363,131

2013 $118,644,632 City $97,409,464

2014 $119,022,154 City $95,126,026

2015 $119,482,464 City $94,207,182

2016 $119,611,376 City $107,970,246

2017 $119,482,464 City$107,124,488

City Rainy day fund drawdown to support the city budget.

[2008, $3,996,263] [2009, $3,634,009] [2011, $6,382,000] [2013, $806,000] [2015, $3,600,000] & [2018, $3,000,000]

Total = $21,418,272 

Property Tax Allocation in 2008, Schools 63.8%, City 36.2 %

Property Tax Allocation in 2017, Schools 52.7%, City 47.3%

New Property Tax Dollars Allocated Since 2008

City $40,067,813 or 96.6%

School $1,417,637 or 3.4%

City Employment Level 2011 was 777 people. In 2017 it was 824 for 6% increase

School Employment level in 2011 1541. In 2017 it was 1340 for a 13% decrease.

Richard who is really responsible for out of control spending in Warwick, the school side of the budget or the city side?