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It's Your Money

April 14, 2011 |

It's Your Money

 

Paid for by taxpayers in…

 

West Des Moines

(paid during the week of April 4)

 

Amount: $503.85

To: A Tech Inc., Easy Living Store

For: Monthly payment for permit monitoring fees for the Softball Concession Stand, Community Center, Teen Center and the Softball Grounds Maintenance Office and Shop.

Amount: $261.80

To: Adventure Lighting

For: Light bulb replacement at the City Hall.

Amount: $2,680

To: Ahlers & Cooney

For: Payment for collective bargaining services for the Public Works, Police, Labor Relations, EMS and Library Departments.

Amount: $320

To: All Auto Glass

For: Windshield replacement for three Fire Department vehicles.

Amount: $400

To: Allendan Seed Company

For: Purchase of almost 16 pounds of native switchgrass seed to be planted along Railroad Avenue for the Parks Department.

Amount: $175

To: Philip L. Ascheman, Ph.D.

For: Payment for psychological evaluations conducted of candidates for employment for the Human Resources Department.

Amount: $310.18

To: American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, Atlanta, Ga.

For: Payment for licensing fees for the Parks and Recreation Department.

Amount: $465

To: Bob's Septic and Mobile Toilet Service Inc.

For: Rental fees for March at Kiwana, Raccoon River, Legion, Crossroads and Jordan Creek Parks.

Amount: $538.78

To: Brockway Mechanical & Roofing

For: Payment for repair services to a leaky roof in the computer room found along the wall due to deteriorating flashing and the day care room by the door caused by delamination of the old target patch around the pitch pan at the Community Center.

Amount: $19,030.25

To: Corell Contractor Inc.

For: Purchase of more than 2,000 tons of road rock in February for the Public Works Department.

Amount: $312.50

To: Curt Carpenter

For: Refund payment for Raccoon River Park Softball Complex rental fee for one night of baseball practice for team Irish for Parks and Recreation Department.

Amount: $13,739.87

To: City of Waukee

For: Reimbursement payment for professional engineering, design and construction administration work related to the Alice's Road/U.S. Interstate Highway 80 interchange project completed between Dec. 25, 2010 to Feb. 4, 2011.

 

Salaries and Such

 

Name Deborah L. Berry

Title State Representative, D-Waterloo

Years experience 8

Annual salary $25,000

 

Travel

 

The Des Moines City Council recently approved Fleet Manager Brian Bennett to attend the Ron Turley Associates Annual User's Conference in Nashville, Tenn., from April 12-15. The event is said to provide training classes, group sessions, open forum discussions, reviews of newly released features and previews of upcoming software enhancements. The cost to the city was $1,587.16. CV