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It's Your Money

Compiled by Matt Miller matt@dmcityview.com

 

Paid for by taxpayers in…
Polk Co.
Paid for by taxpayers in…
West Des Moines
(paid during the week of May 31)

 

Amount: $605.17
To: ABC Electrical Contractors
For: Payment for electrical repairs on April 1 at the Parks and Recreation Softball Complex.

 

Amount: $95,515.59
To: Artistic Waste Services Inc.
For: Residential services issued by the West Des Moines Public Works Department.

 

Amount: $197.70
To: BFG Supply Co.
For: Purchase of 15 bags of potting soil for West Des Moines Parks Department.

 

Amount: $213
To: Bound Tree Medical Inc.
For: Purchase of EMS supplies for West Des Moines EMS, 8055 Mills Civic Parkway.

 

Amount: $495.05
To: Capital Sanitary Supply Co.
For: Purchase of cleaning supplies for various City of West Des Moines buildings, including the fire station, public works department and community center.

 

Amount: $660
To: Corporate Cleaning of Iowa
For: Payment for May cleaning for City of West Des Moines.

 

Amount: $149.16
To: Jane Pauba Dodge
For: Mileage reimbursement and payment for Teamsters Mediation on May 13 at the IaPELRA Spring Meeting in Cedar Rapids.

 

Amount: $838.65
To: Entenmann-Rovin Co.
For: Purchase of badges for the West Des Moines Police Department.

 

Amount: $119
To: Brian Fowler
For: Mileage reimbursement from the month of April.

 

Amount: $1,361.50
To: Golden Valley Hardscapes LLC
For: Purchase of 80 cubic yards of Hardwood colored brown mulch for the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department.

 

Amount: $350
To: Iowa EMS Association
For: Membership dues for West Des Moines EMS thru 2011.

 

Amount: $14,500
To: J&M Displays Inc.
For: Payment for July 4th fireworks display.

 

Amount: $1,376
To: Scenic City Empress Boat Club
For: Group tour fees for the Mystery Trip that took place on June 8 to Iowa Falls issued by the West Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department.

 

Amount: $69.35
To: Curt Schroeder
For: Purchase of band sheet music by the City of West Des Moines.

 

Salaries and Such

Name: Kevin Fangman
Title: Acting Director of the Iowa Department of Education
Years experience: 0
Annual salary:$125,574.40

 

Travel

The Des Moines City Council recently approved $1,350 for Kenneth Robison, senior police officer, to attend an NRA Rifle Instructor Course in Lansing, Kan., from July 11 to 16. The course is a department requirement in order to become a certified rifle instructor, and will allow the officer to instruct other officers within the department. The council also approved $1,500 for Sgt. Wade Wojewoda to attend a homicide seminar in Albany, N.Y., from Sept. 24 to 30. The seminar will provide investigators with the latest methods of solving death investigations. The amount expended for travel as of May 14 is $290,192. CV


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