Expenditure CatagoryAmountPctAmountPctTotal Professional Services$5,475,77164%$6,699,26378%$8,613,647 Communications & Utilities$1,990,65645%$3,615,04382%$4,393,939 Insurance, Land & Buildings$6,652,55179%$6,652,55179%$8,429,554 Materials, Supplies & Equipment$5,363,40546%$5,406,87346%$11,697,428 Miscellaneous Purchases$4,240,14659%$4,289,05460%$7,170,258 Total Institutional Expenditures$23,722,53059%$26,662,78466%$40,304,826 Since many larger vendors maintain local offices for billing purposes only, there may be considerable leakage outside of the Bannock County and Idaho areas. The fact that a given vendor’s mailing address is within Pocatello or even within Idaho does not guarantee that a local economic impact has occurred.Every effort has been made to include only the purchases of real goods and services. Excluded are all payments to students, fringe benefits purchased for employees, federal loans and monies which "pass through" the university from outside sources, payments to escrow accounts, and various adjustments made during the auditing process. Institutional Expenditure PatternsAs shown in Table 1, Idaho State University contributes more than $23 million annually to the local Pocatello economy through its purchases of goods and services from area businesses. This represents 59% of all such purchases made by the University. An additional $3 million was spent within Idaho but outside of Bannock County. The remaining $14 million in purchases was made outside of the state.The University purchased more than $8.6 million in professional services during 1995-96. Three-fourths of this amount was used to purchase legal, accounting, advertising, and architectural services from Idaho firms, with Pocatello-based companies receiving $5.4 million or 64% of the category total.Almost all (82%) of the University’s $4.3 million annual expenditure for c...
