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WEBVTT TO GET OUT HISCHECKBOOK, AND FORK OVERTHOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.MAYOR MIRO WEINBERGER FOLLOWEDTHROUGH ON HIS PROMISE TO BILLTHE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AFTERTRUMP'S FRENZIED CAMPAIGN STOPRIGHT AFTER THE NEW YEAR.WPTZ'S HANNAH MCDONALD BREAKSDOWN THE REQUESTS.REPORTER: THE CITY OF BURLINGTONWANTS DONALD TRUMP TO PAY UP.TWO INVOICES, TOTALINGEIGHT-THOUSAND, FOUR-HUNDREDSIXTY-FOUR DOLLARS ANDTWENTY-SEVEN CENTS, WERE SENT TOTHE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OFFIECS INNEW YORK CITY ON MONDAY.MAYOR MIRO WEINBERGER WANTS HIMTO PAY FOR THE OVERTIME RACKEDUP BY THE POLICE AND FIREDEPARTMENTS ON JANUARY 7 WHETRUMP MAE A CAMPAIGN STOP AT THEFLYNN CENTER>> THEY KIND OF CAME IN DID AVERY INSUFFICIENT JOB OFCOMMUNICATING WITH ANYBODY ATHE REALLY HAD A LARGER IMPAON PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS,EXPENSES, NEIGHBORING BUSINESSTHAN THEY NEEDED TO.REPORTER: RIGHT AFTER THE RALLY,THE MAYOR SAID THE TRUMPCAMPAIGN'S OVERISSUING OF FREETICKETS CAUSED A POTENTIALCLUSTER DOWNTOWNHE'S NOW ASKING FOR THE MONEY TOPAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICHSTAFFED 33 OF THEIR OFFICERS TOCONTROL THE CROWD, AND THE FIREDEPARTMENT, WHICH STATIONED FOPEOPLE, INSIDE AND OUT THEFLYNN, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCYACCORDING TO POLICE, THIS ISN'TTHE FIRST TIME THE CITY HASBILLED A POLITICIAN.THE MAYOR APPARENTLY BILLEDPRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE VISITEDIN 2012, BUT NEVER RECEIVED ACHECGEORGE: A SPOKESPERSON FOR THEMAYOR SAYS THE DEPARTMENTS WILLLIKELY FOLLOW UP WITH THECAMPAIGN IF THE MONEY ISN'T

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Burlington sent Republican presidential candidate and billionaire businessman Donald Trump a bill Tuesday after he grossly over-issued tickets to a rally last month. Mayor Miro Weinberger sent Trump's campaign two invoices -- one from the police and the other from the fire department -- totaling $8,464.27. Watch this story The bills cover the overtime the city paid employees for security and traffic control during the event. One invoice showed four firefighters in two trucks spent seven hours at the event. The other listed 33 police officers as working almost five hours each of overtime. The Republican’s campaign issued 18,000 more vouchers than there were seats to his event at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. In addition to the long line snaking through town, Trump’s event sparked peaceful counter-protests of hundreds across the street. "That was not the actions of a campaign that cares about the community they're coming into, not attempting to persuade people might be on the fence," Weinberger said the night of the rally. "They kind of came in did a very insufficient job of communicating with anybody and really had a larger impact on public safety officers, expenses, neighboring businesses than they needed to." Weinberger added that he was pleased that there were no problems at the event and with the police and fire response. It was not immediately clear whether the campaign intended to pay the city's bill. According to police, this isn't the first time the city has billed a politician. The mayor apparently billed President Barack Obama when he visited in 2012, but never received a check.