Compiled by Matt Miller matt@dmcityview.com
Paid for by taxpayers in…
Polk County
(paid during the week of Aug. 31)
Amount: $101.95
To: Darren Abens
For: Mileage and meal reimbursement from July 20 to Aug. 10.
Amount: $102
To: Carla Bass
For: Prosecution expenses from July 24 and Aug. 13.
Amount: $95.52
To: Kevin Bullington
For: Mileage and meal reimbursement from Aug. 4 to 20.
Amount: $200.85
To: Capital Sanitary Supply Co.
For: Purchase of custodial supplies for Jester Park Equestrian.
Amount: $4,656
To: Cash-Wa Distributing Co.
For: Purchase of food for Polk County Sheriff Department.
Amount: $419.30
To: Chuck E. Cheese
For: Purchase of pizza for Norwoodville Youth.
Amount: $1,625
To: Glenn Cyphers
For: Purchase of horse bedding for Jester Park.
Amount: $224.65
To: Cindy Danitz
For: Mileage reimbursement Aug. 17 to 21.
Amount: $309.23
To: Des Moines Water Works
For: Water and sewer services.
Amount: $104.40
To: Four Corners Feed
For: Purchase of animal supplies for Jester Park.
Amount: $300
To: Iowa City/County Management Association
For: 2009-10 fiscal membership dues for Ron Olson.
Amount: $312
To: Kristy Lappe
For: Payment for Polk County inmate haircuts.
Amount: $4
To: Cindy Lentz
For: Mileage reimbursement.
Amount: $45
To: Prairie Woods Apartments, 4014 Hubbell Ave.
For: Swimming pool licenses.
Amount: $75
To: Kendall Reed
For: Board of Health member payment for attending three meetings from January through June.
Amount: $4,166
To: State of Iowa
For: Autopsy reports on Clinton McNaught, Chad Mason and Ryan Crowder.
Amount: $61.60
To: Wells Fargo Bank
For: Prosecution expenses.
Amount: $215
To: Wells Fargo Bank
For: Membership dues.
Amount: $25,350
To: Wesley Community Services
For: Meals on Wheels program.
Amount: $592.58
To: Xenia Rural Water District
For: Water and sewer services.
Your taxes (not) at work
Location: 42nd Street and Ingersoll Avenue.
Problem: Installation of utility pole that obstructs traffic light view to drivers.
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Salaries and Such
Name: John R. Baldwin
Title: Iowa Corrections Director
Years experience: 3
Annual salary: $137,816
Stimulus money watch
On. Sept. 3, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported that Iowa is currently second in the country for the percentage of federal recovery highway and bridge funds already put to use on projects. The committee reports that 85 percent of the federal money for Iowa has already been awarded to contractors, with 75 percent of the work underway. President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill on Feb. 17, and Wyoming is the only state awarded and contracted a larger percentage for highway and bridge projects.
