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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 Jan. 21)

 

Amount: $31.50
To: Adventure Lighting
For: Fee for equipment repairs and parts.

 

Amount: $175
To: Phillip Ascheman, Ph.D.
For: Fee for Detention Officer Recruitment Psychological Evaluation.

 

Amount: $281.50
To: Associate Producers Inc.
For: Prosecution expenses for Rodriguez/Casey’s shipped to Polk County Attorney.

 

Amount: $120
To: Bio-Rad Laboratories
For: Purchase of medical and lab supplies for Polk County Health Department.

 

Amount: $540.65
To: Jeff Blocker
For: Mileage reimbursement from October 2009 through December 2009.

 

Amount: $63.80
To: Sue Boley
For: Mileage reimbursement from December 2009.

 

Amount: $6,074.28
To: Brewer Wholesale Meats Inc.
For: Purchase of kitchen supplies for Polk County Jail.

 

Amount: $4,195.29
To: Capital Sanitary Supply Co.
For: Purchase of custodial supplies for Polk County Jail.

 

Amount: $6,476.54
To: Carpenter Uniform and Supply Co.
For: Purchase of wearing apparel for Polk County Sheriff’s Department.

 

Amount: $1,532
To: Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance
For: Purchase of traffic counting equipment.

 

Amount: $2,440
To: Collette Vacations
For: Deposit payment for six travelers to Canadian Rockies trip by Polk County Senior Services.

 

Amount: $146
To: Sheryl Culver
For: Prosecution expenses.

 

Amount: $17,680.66
To: Des Moines Water Works
For: Payment for water, sanitary sewer and storm water services for various Polk County buildings.

 

Amount: $486.25
To: Peggy Hoemann
For: Tuition reimbursement.

 

Amount: $330
To: Society for Public Health Education
For: Dues and membership for Sarah Tompkins of the Polk County Health Department.

 

Salaries and Such

Name: Bill Fennelly
Title: Iowa State University
Women’s Head Basketball Coach
Years experience: 15
Annual salary: $541,003.79

 

Travel

The Des Moines City Council recently approved $2,718 for Denise Schafnitz, senior police officer, to attend a Child Forensic Interview Clinic from March 7 to 12 in Virginia Beach, Va. Participants will learn state-of-the-art forensic interview theory, research and techniques, which will make the officer better prepared to explain and defend interview techniques in court. The amount budgeted for travel for the 2010 fiscal year is $629,436. The amount expended for travel as of Jan. 18 is $204,240. CV

 

 

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