By Zack Plair
The Columbus Dispatch
The plan to reduce wasteful spending in the Columbus public works department is evidently starting to pay dividends.
The department saved $252,497 through the first eight months of this fiscal year (October through May), compared to the same period in fiscal year 2014, according to data The Dispatch obtained from city chief financial officer Milton Rawle.
Most of that savings, $142,945, is in equipment purchases. Through May 31 of this fiscal year, Rawle said the department had only purchased one piece of heavy equipment -- a tractor -- and had spent $42,605 on that line item. Last fiscal year, public works had already spent $185,551 through eight months on heavy equipment.
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