City employees:

Lewiston: 384 city, 1,017 school. Total: 1,401

Auburn: 236 city, 626 school. Total: 862

Budgets:

Auburn: $58,753,111 ($29,035,725 city/$29,717,386 school)

Lewiston: $75,723,016 ($38,918,179 city/$36,804,837 school)

Mill rates:

Auburn: $29.38 per $1,000

Lewiston: $27.70 per $1,000

Money spent on joint ventures:

Auburn: $1,535,853 (that’s 5.2 percent of city budget)

Lewiston: $3,653,613 (that’s 9.3 percent of city budget)