(paid during the week of April 23)

Amount: $1,080

To: Brenton Skating Plaza

For: Cost to have the Winter Games Broom Ball Tournament on Feb. 3-4 (nine teams at $150 per team minus a 20 percent discount).

Amount: $3,000

To: Cornerstone Government Affairs LLC (Washington, D.C.)

For: Payment for Government Affairs and Consulting services rendered in April.

Amount: $7,500

To: Holland and Knight LLP (Orlando, Fla.)

For: Payment for federal legislative consulting services rendered through March 31.

Amount: $171.50

To: Eric Hanson

For: Second payment for contracted winter tennis instruction at the Drake Tennis Center through Parks and Rec.

Amount: $737.50

To: Nite Owl Printing

For: Cost to print 500 “Mayor’s Annual Ride” brochures ($537.50 at $1.75 each) and 100 11-by-17-inch, full color posters ($200 at $2 each).

Amount: $158.86

To: David Charles Wolz of Des Moines

For: Refund on towing and impound fees per an April 9 administrative hearing officer’s ruling, which decided the city police did not have “probable cause to impound” the car under municipal code section 114-485.17.

Amount: $10,353

To: Norwalk Ready-Mixed Concrete Inc.

For: Purchase of M-4 limestone no-fly ash ($2,184 in April and $5,229 in March) including hauling fees ($2,940).

Amount: $2,800

To: Saga Communications of Iowa LLC

For: Cost to lease the KSTZ tower ($1,500) and the KAZR tower ($1,300) for the month of April.

Amount: $537.30

To: Brevard Extraditions Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.)

For: Cost of transporting inmate Stacy Burns from Wise County, Texas to the Polk County Jail on March 31.

Amount: $8,259.71

To: Communications Innovators

For: Payment for services installing plant cameras and software plus training at the Wastewater Reclamation Facility.

Salaries and Such

Name Joel Schutte

Title Director

Department Metro West Learning Academy

Years served Newly hired, starts Aug. 1

Annual salary $90,000

Travel

The City of Des Moines recently approved Senior Police Officer Kenneth Robinson to travel to Andale, Kan., from June 3-8 to attend the National Rifle Association Precision Rifle Instructors School course. Coursework aids in the instruction of officers within the department. The total cost to taxpayers is $1,357. CV