Retirement benefits and other items totaling $37 million - one-sixth of the district's spending - were ruled beyond the company's management reach, because they were in the City Council's budget, rather than the general school budget, which the Council appropriates but does not control.

The tug-of-war over the Westchester County budget descended into near-comic confusion today as County Executive Andrew P. O'Rourke signed the $948.6 million spending plan into law, even though the County Legislature is still preparing to override his vetoes of items totaling $6.3 million on Friday.

Believing Mr. O'Rourke's $948.6 million budget was imprudent, the legislature added eight items totaling $6.3 million and Mr. O'Rourke vetoed them.

This year there were 1,674 items totaling more than $36 million.

Many of the earmarks were signed by more than one member, but of those signed by a single council member, Leroy G. Comrie Jr. led with 870 items totaling nearly $710,857.

Next on the list was Lewis A. Fidler, of Brooklyn, with 40 items totaling $682,625.

Four older ladies perform the same ritual- they offer just one fruit and four savory & sweet items totaling 5 items, to the pregnant lady.

However, the 1986 figure includes nonrecurring items totaling 71 cents a share.

At the outset of the project a list of Equipment is prepared, and the weighted (%) value of each piece of equipment, with the sum of the weighted values of all items totaling 100%.

Today, Mr. Gaffney vetoed most of the Legislature's cuts, except for items totaling $6 million.