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    KAJARAN'S 2015 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES: COGNAC FOR NEWLYWEDS, FLOWERS FOR THE DECEASED

    Grisha Balasanyan

    14:08, December 24, 2014

    Municipalities, large and small, throughout Armenia spend money for
    garbage collection, road repair, to pay teachers, and a host of other
    services that they should be providing local tax payers. Some can
    afford to do more, while others just scrape by.

    The press in Armenia has often written about the misappropriation
    of taxpayer funds and how various state agencies, especially at the
    local level, seem to have a penchant for lavish spending of scare
    resources on items that can be listed as non-essential.

    Recently, I came across the following miscellaneous expenditures that
    the Kajaran town municipality (Syunik Province) is planning for 2015.

    The office plans to purchase 120 New Year's greeting cards at 1,000
    AMD per card. That's US$2.18 a card at today's exchange rate (100 AMD=
    22cents). 36 pens will be purchased at $2.62 each. 70 flower bouquets,
    used for weddings and funerals, are to be purchased at $32.71 apiece.

    Item

    Amount

    Price Per/AMD

    Total Price/AMD

    Quantity

    Pen

    1

    1,200

    43.200

    36

    New Year's Greeting Card

    1

    1000

    120.000

    120

    Flower Wreath

    1

    15,000

    1.050.000

    70

    Cognac

    1 Bottle

    5,500

    110.000

    20

    Mioneral Water

    1 Bottle

    150

    81.000

    540

    Fizzy Water

    1 Bottle

    250

    270.000

    1080

    Chocolate

    1 Kilogram

    5,500

    148.500

    27

    Box of Chocolate

    One Box

    3,800

    98.800

    26

    Candy

    1 Kilogram

    1,800

    32.400

    18

    Not shown on the above list are tangerines, a staple on any Armenian
    holiday table along with oranges. Good tangerines average between
    400-500 drams in the market but the Kajaran municipality wants to
    buy 8 kilos at 950 drams per.

    Item

    Amount

    Price Per/AMD

    Total Price/AMD

    Quantity

    Flower Vase

    1

    9,000

    90,000

    10

    Fruit Bowl

    1

    7,000

    70,000

    10

    Saucepan

    1

    10,000

    50,000

    5

    Cutlery

    1 Set

    13,000

    65,000

    5

    Juice Glasses

    1 Set

    7,000

    70,000

    10

    Plates

    1 Set

    7,000

    70,000

    10

    Coffee Cups

    1 Set

    6,000

    60,000

    10

    Tea Cups

    1 Set

    5,000

    50,000

    10

    Teapot

    1

    7,500

    75,000

    10

    Towels

    1 Set

    10,000

    200,000

    20

    "Someone in the town dies, so we send a flower arrangement. The cognac
    and fruit are for other events like weddings. Then there are all
    the holidays. A bottle has to be uncorked at each," was how Vazgen
    Azaryan, who heads the Kajaran Municipality's Division of Finances,
    explained it all to Hetq.

    The towels and cutlery, according to Azaryan, are gifted to newlyweds
    and those recognized as the year's best teachers.

    http://hetq.am/eng/news/57924/kajarans-2015-miscellaneous-expenses-cognac-for-newlyweds-flowers-for-the-deceased.html




    From: A. Papazian
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