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Hi Thecaptain:

I'm looking at this link, which is the FY18 budget. Page 69 is employee benefits: https://www.warwickri.gov/sites/warwickri/files/news/fy18_general_fund_budget.pdf

There's a figure of $27.8 million in the far-right column for FY18; is your figure the active employee [as opposed to retiree] costs?

Also, it seems that this is a regular practice of the city and looks like a "pay as you go" approach that other communities also use, where they estimate the health care costs for the year and set aside money for it. Not saying it's right, just common.

And as for the make-believe mayor, he has attacked the school department for keeping a health insurance reserve fund, saying that it's unnecessary: http://warwickonline.com/stories/school-budget-director-praises-efficacy-of-reserved-health-fund,131727?#comments

So, he doesn't believe in health reserve funds -- unless, suddenly, he decides that he does.