SOURCE EXCERPT / OCTOBER 16, 2026
Comptroller cost report
Financial excerpt from a supplied image of an email attributed to Joshua A. Pothier, Comptroller, City of Norwich, dated October 16, 2026 at 9:07 a.m.
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Financial body excerpt
We have paid $31,500 to the public relations firm and $47,190 in legal expenses related to this matter.
We have paid NFD staff for covering the Yantic area since 2/10/2026 a total of $596,651.70 for the 34 weeks included in the 17 biweekly pay periods. The last pay period included in this figure was 9/20/2026–10/3/2026 which was paid on 10/8/2026.
As for the trailer on Clinton Avenue, we have spent $31,254.72 to date. The City has not made any expenditures or commitments for stationing NFD staff covering the Yantic area other than this trailer.
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REPORTED FIGURES / MIXED CUTOFFS
Reported staffing and related costs
Fixed reported subtotal$706,596.42
Comptroller email dated October 16, 2026. Staffing covers periods through October 3; the other figures were reported on October 16.
- NFD staffing for YanticCoverage through October 3, 2026; paid October 8
- $596,651.70
- Clinton Avenue trailerReported to date on October 16, 2026
- $31,254.72
- Public relationsReported October 16; related to this matter
- $31,500.00
- Legal expensesReported October 16; related to this matter
- $47,190.00
PR and legal were described as related to “this matter”; the email does not establish that they are exclusively Yantic expenses. This is a sum of four reported categories, not a net additional-cost finding. Taftville costs and any savings remain unknown.
The reported payroll base is already included. The running staffing figure above is a separate view that includes an estimated continuation; do not add it to this subtotal. Trailer, PR and legal totals do not tick forward.
Read the Comptroller's financial excerpt and calculation notesHow the staffing estimate uses this report
The reported payroll base is $596,651.70. Its coverage ends October 3, 2026; the October 8 payment date does not extend that coverage. The projection starts the estimated continuation at October 4, 2026, 12:00 a.m. America/New_York (EDT), equivalent to 04:00 UTC.
Rate = $596,651.70 ÷ (34 × 7 × 86,400) = about $0.0290155083 per second, or $2,506.94 per day. Total shown = reported payroll base + rate × nonnegative elapsed seconds since that anchor, rounded to cents.
The 34-week / 17-period denominator is taken from the email. It is not derived from the elapsed calendar days since February 10. This average is about 17.3% above the earlier annualized $65,000/month assumption; it does not establish the future rate.
Only the estimated payroll continuation advances with time. The $706,596.42 reported subtotal is fixed and already includes the payroll base. PR, legal and trailer figures are not projected automatically. PR/legal allocation, Taftville costs, savings and net additional cost are not established by this excerpt.
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