No source gives a total operating cost for PBNYC. What is documented: each member office must designate a PB coordinator (the Cycle 6 rulebook asked for at least 50 percent of a staffer's time, a requirement dropped by Cycle 7); the Speaker's office has funded Central Staff, PB Fellows, contracted outreach organizations, a technical assistance partner, a voting technology vendor (D21), translation, printing, devices and central ballot counting since Cycle 4, with some technology given in kind (LinkNYC kiosks, Microsoft and Google devices in Cycle 7); the pilot evaluators counted some 15,000 to 20,000 volunteer hours by 251 budget delegates and 41 organizations on the Steering Committee; the evaluations themselves were paid for by foundations, not the Council. The Cycle 4 implementation surveys give a sense of what districts could afford: 47 percent of assemblies provided food, 34 percent language support and 13 percent childcare, and few delegate orientations offered childcare, MetroCards or interpretation. The heaviest unpaid cost falls on delegates, and it shows in attrition: in Cycle 4 fewer than half (44 percent) of those who signed up as delegates served actively, and the Cycle 3 evaluators recommended smaller, modular delegate roles. Council Members give up direct control over at least $1 million of member items, and the pilot report describes them 'relinquishing decision-making power over about $6 million'; the same report found they gained media coverage and closer constituent relationships, so the political cost may be a net gain. Public Agenda's national reports carry no NYC cost figures.