But almost all the expenses -- security guards, waiters, food, flowers, tent -- would have been the same if the after-dinner guests, whose tickets cost $250, hadn't come.
The public safety department has released total figures but withheld itemized expenses, citing security concerns.
This means extra expenses for security, insurance, maintenance contracts and jobs, Mr. Brewer said.
Trinity, of late, took up a collection — the Resurrection Fund — to pay expenses like security guards and public relations.
"You don't want to penalize the person who's in office," Mr. Berman said, by forcing him to cover all expenses for security, for example.
Once the public is allowed on the island, costs are likely to escalate to $20 million to $40 million a year because of added expenses like security and ferry service, officials said.
But according to Amtrak, the net effect of terrorism has been negative, with expenses for security more than eating up the increased revenue.
The Department of Homeless Services points out that its per diem rates cover expenses like security guards, case managers, workers who do housing and job referrals and other social services that are provided by nonprofit organizations like Aguila Inc.
Mr. Spano said the tax increase was necessary to help pay for existing government programs as well as new expenses for security and public health initiatives following the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
The agreement calls for weighted voting based a longstanding formula defining the share that each constituent bears of common expenses like security and maintenance of the central mechanical plant.
From a business point-of-view, a more orderly world will decrease our enormous expenses in security and defense.
