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It's Your Money

Compiled by Matt Miller matt@dmcityview.com

 

Paid for by taxpayers in…
Clive
(paid during the week of April 26)

 

Amount: $96.98
To: Acme Tools/Puckett Tools and Equipment
For: Purchase of tools and fasteners shipped to the General Services Building and Grounds, 111 Court Ave.

Amount: $12,916.19
To: American Baptist Homes of the Midwest
For: Human Resource Providers charges.

Amount: $593.78
To: Shelly Bates-Crowe
For: Workers’ compensation disability.

Amount: $70.95
To: Bolton and Hay Inc.
For: Purchase of supplies for Polk County Youth Services, 1548 Hull Ave.

Amount: $827.65
To: Allen Boucher
For: Payment for workers’ compensation disability.

Amount: $2,151.69
To: Brewer Wholesale Meats Inc.
For: Purchase of food items for Polk County Jail, 1985 N.E. 51st Place.

Amount: $1,560
To: Business Furniture Warehouse
For: Purchase of six executive high-back swivel chairs for Polk County Sheriff’s Department, 1985 N.E. 51st Place.

Amount: $1,244.92
To: Capital Sanitary Supply Co. Inc.
For: Purchase of supplies for Polk County Youth Services, 1548 Hull Ave.

Amount: $35,233.33
To: Children and Families of Iowa
For: Monthly billing for April 2010.

Amount: $100,000
To: City of Urbandale
For: 128th Street project partial payment from the reconstruction of 128th Street from Aurora Avenue to Meredith Drive (completed in 2008).

Amount: $50,000
To: Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
For: Resolution award to be paid over five years to the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines by the Polk County Board of Supervisors.

Amount: $164,321.58
To: Cramer & Associates Inc.
For: Payment for Des Moines River Bridge.

Amount: $3,089.02
To: Gall’s Inc.
For: Purchase of law enforcement supplies for Polk County Jail, 1985 N.E. 51st Place.

Amount: $15,598.85
To: Grimes Asphalt and Paving Corp.
For: Supplies payment.

Amount: $4,180.40
To: Grinnell Police Department
For: Reimbursement payment for expenses incurred during the month of March 2010 as a participant of the MINE Task Force.

 

Salaries and Such

Name: Fred Hoiberg
Title: Iowa State University Men’s Head Basketball Coach
Years experience: 0
Annual salary: $800,000

 

Travel

Due to the deterioration of the Easter Lake Drive Bridge, the Iowa Department of Transportation has approved this project for funding up to a maximum of $245,000. The City of Des Moines’ portion of the project consists of the design, inspection and construction costs is estimated to be $355,000. The 40-year-old structure shows signs of deterioration, and the project will include widening the roadway, adding a sidewalk/trail, installing new pedestrian railings and more. Easter Lake Drive will be closed during construction, which is anticipated for 2011. CV


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