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It's Your Money

Compiled by Matt Miller matt@dmcityview.com

 

Paid for by taxpayers in…

Polk Co.
(paid during the week of Dec 28th)


Amount: $33
To: Jason Wittgraf
For: Mileage reimbursement from Dec. 10 to 30, 2009.

 

Amount: $92.49
To: Streichers
For: Purchase of light sticks for West Des Moines Police Department.

 

Amount: $69
To: Charles Shields
For: Officiating three adult basketball league games.

 

Amount: $394.41
To: Galeton Gloves Inc.
For: Purchase of supplies for West Des Moines Public Works Department.

 

Amount: $156.73
To: Flight Suits
For: Purchase of uniforms for West Des Moines EMS.

 

Amount: $632.94
To: Tomarak Sports Inc.
For: Purchase of two tabletop scoreboards used by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department.

 

Amount: $322.54
To: Zoll Medical Corp.
For: Purchase of medical supplies for West Des Moines EMS.

 

Amount: $270
To: United Way of Central Iowa
For: Registration fee for Angie Larson, Kim Grove and Ashlee Swinton to attend the State of Mind Part I Training in December 2009 at the West Des Moines Youth Justice Initiative.

 

Amount: $520
To: Ubben Building Supply
For: Purchase of a snow fence for West Des Moines Public Works Department.

 

Amount: $2,412
To: Ultramax
For: Purchase of various ammo for West Des Moines Police Department.

 

Amount: $70
To: Daniel Teran
For: Interpreter fee.

 

Amount: $215
To: Jody Smith
For: Mileage reimbursement from December 2009.

 

Amount: $537.91
To: Scott Van Der Weide
For: Purchase of gloves for West Des Moines Police Department.

 

Amount: $1,100
To: PJF Companies
For: Fee for painting fences at Fire Station, 35th and Ashworth Streets.

 

Amount: $242
To: Sue Paterson-Nielsen
For: Mileage reimbursement from October and December 2009.

 

Salaries and Such

Name: Larry Sauer
Title: Bureau Chief of Traffic Safety Bureau
Years experience: 4
Annual salary: $88,772.63

 

Travel

The City of Des Moines recently approved $1,480 for Robert Kraft, fleet services operation manager, to attend the RTA annual user’s conference in Las Vegas, Nev., from March 9 to 12. The conference is a combination of training classes, group sessions, open forum discussions, reviews of newly released features and previews of upcoming software enhancements. The council also approved $9,000 for Joanne Pollack, captain, to attend the Senior Management Institute of Police from June 6 to 14 in Boston, Mass. The program’s goal is to give police managers quality education, enhanced awareness of management methods, leadership and executive development. CV

 

 

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This week’s winner:

“I think that I am beginning to understand the fascination for hand puppets.”

Doug Dawson
 
 
 

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