Cash Expenditures Amount Note: This is a companion table to the Financial Summary document. Cost of Goods for the Ice and Café sales (not including buildings and staff) 142,404 Costumes / Uniforms 13,078 Donations (from ice sales revenue) 53,200 Education and Training 2,091 Fees: BLM 603,656 Fees (Credit card and Bank service charges) 86,578 Fire Safety Services and Supplies 189,730 Fuel (heavy equipment, vehicles, generators) 93,970 Gifts, Promotions, Royalties 9,341 Honoraria / Grants, (theme art) 288,560 Insurance (property, liability, workman’s comp, vehicle) 223,286 Internet (hosting fees, POP accounts, Starband in Gerlach) 26,329 Law Enforcement 22,500 Materials and Supplies (shade structures, signage, firewood, lighting, décor and props, photography, archiving, cleaning supplies) 174,044 Meals and Food (meetings, commissary, non-travel) 160,586 Medical Services and Supplies 158,592 Office and Computer Supplies 51,871 Outside Services (accounting, bookkeeping, legal) 153,851 Outside Services: Independent contractors (DPW crew, information technology consultants, ranger management, commissary and administrative support) 1,174,404 Payroll (office: administration, board) 1,047,528 Postage (newsletters, tickets, survival guide, postcards, etc) 41,114 Printing (newsletter, what where when, survival guide, gate materials, postcards, stickers, Black Rock Gazette) 76,161 Rent (San Francisco offices, and Nevada property) 136,254 Rental (heavy machinery, small equipment and tools, portable buildings, staff radio equipment, cars and trucks, office trailers and RV’s) 528,505 Repairs, Maintenance, Cleaning 33,759 Shipping/ Freight 2,096 Small Equipment and Tools 46,752 Tax and Licenses (state and federal income, payroll, misc.) 335,316 Telephone (San Francisco and Nevada offices, reimbursements, conference calls) 48,072 The Man and platform (materials, pyrotechnics, technicians, labor) 94,725 Toilets (and related costs) 319,487 Travel (airfare, mileage reimbursements, food accommodations for meetings : BLM, public relations, training, etc.) 131,735 Utilities (San Francisco and Nevada offices) 66,090 Vehicle (mileage reimbursements, registration, repairs and maintenance) 77,921 Watering for dust abatement (equipment rental, contractor services) 79,239 Water: potable 7,810 Asset Acquisition Computers and Electronics (including radio equipment) 60,671 Furniture and Fixtures 1,110 Leasehold Improvements 26,600 Land and Building Improvements 0 Machinery and Equipment 15,111 Real Estate purchase 0 Trailers and Portable Buildings 80,025 Vehicles 35,251 Increase in Year-end Current Assets (cash, pre-paid expenses) 444,571 Total $7,287,335
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