Paid for by the taxpayers in...

Des Moines:

Amount: $17,228.30
To: American Association of Airport Executives
For: Membership dues for Kenneth McCoy, Craig Smith, George Smith, Shawn Arena and John Wheeler, including $8,000 for one Airport Legislative Alliance membership.
Filed: Dec. 5

Amount: $1,770
To: Dehner Company Inc.
For: Three pairs of shoes for police officers, including two pairs of "black calf-skin patrol boots with full police wishbone lining, double nitrene soles and rubber heels" at $585 per pair for Lts. Dave Huberty and David Noel, and one pair of "black voyager patrol boots with flaps and buckles" at $600 per pair for Sgt. Dave Mulford.
Filed: Dec. 8

Amount: $150
To: Iowa Golf Course Superintendents Association (IGCSA)
For: Registration fees for Russ Darr and Scott Wallace of the Parks and Recreation Department to attend the ICGSA's final monthly seminar at the Tournament Club of Iowa in Polk City on Dec. 7. According to an invitation e-mail from the event's organizer, the November seminar included "some great information" and "if you couldn't make it you missed out on water-squirting salmon, rubber chickens and finger puppets - you'll have to ask a buddy that was able to be there."
Filed: Dec. 6

Amount: $959.65
To: JW Perry Inc.
For: Christmas-decorating materials for downtown parking garage dŽcor, including $300 for montery pine sprays and $144 for Douglas fir sprays.
Filed: Dec. 12

Amount: $213.95
To: Hy-Vee
For: Food for the Floyd Jones, former director of the Des Moines Human Rights Commission, retirement party, including $37.99 for a sheet cake, $57.87 for 100 mixed cookies, $21.75 for "corsage, pins and boutonniere" from the floral department and $23.96 for four cases of Pepsi products.
Filed: Dec. 15

Amount: $546.02
To: Michael Benson
For: Airline ticket from Seattle to Des Moines and one-day rental of a Gold Impala for Benson during an interview for the Chief Information Officer/Information Technology Director position on Nov. 16.
Filed: Dec. 12

Amount: $907.92
To: Debra Speight-Christopher
For: Reimbursement for an 1,872 mile-trip from Austin, Texas, to interview for the CIO post on Nov. 14, reimbursed at 48 cents per mile.
Filed: Dec. 14

Amount: $1,512.40
To: Embassy Suites
For: Hotel rooms for four CIO interviewees in November, including $159 fees for rooms and $54.44 in food from Doozie's restaurant.
Filed: Dec. 12

Amount: $1,600
To: Antenucci Woodcrafters Co.
For: One "wooden display case for the Des Moines Police Museum, with front sliding glass door, six glass shelves, display lighting and three lockable storage units located at the bottom."
Filed: Dec. 1

Amount: $63.59
To: Kerry Schneider
For: Magnavox VCR for the fire department's Station 1.
Filed: Dec. 15

Amount: $395
To: Aurora Pictures Inc.
For: One copy of the video "The Mark Standifer Story" - "who received second and third degree burns over 40 percent of his body and was nearly killed when he was engulfed in an arc blast while performing an electrical task at a wastewater treatment plant" - for the Wastewater Reclamation Facility.
Filed: Dec. 6

Amount: $90.61
To: Adrienne Sula
For: Payment for bodily injury claim lodged by Sula, a Drake student who had been walking along the street with her parents and her dog on June 15 when "mosquito spray from a city truck [driven by Bob Graham] caused an asthma attack and hives." Treated at Methodist Hospital, insurance covered all but the remaining $90 paid by the city.
Filed: Dec. 7

Amount: $297
To: Court Avenue Printing
For: Invitations and envelopes for the police department's 65th Recruit Class Graduation.
Filed: Dec. 6

Amount: $280
To: Hy-Vee
For: Forty box lunches with pop for the Des Moines police patrol for an "annexation tour" on Nov. 29.
Filed: Dec. 5

Who's giving to:

Tom Vlassis
Des Moines City Councilman
John Pappajohn: $500
William C. Knapp: $500
Dwayne McAninch: $250
Jared Johnson: $250
Robert Margeas: $250
Robert Boesen: $250

Expense report:

Edward Stanek, CEO for the Iowa Lottery

Sept. 16-17: Travel to Minneapolis for the Annual Conference of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries. (Expenses paid by lottery revenues.)

Lodging: $171.76 (one night)
Mileage: $167.28
Meals: $19.50
Parking: $12
Internet access: $9.95

Salaries and such

With five of the seven bargaining units representing city employees expiring at the end of June 2006, the Des Moines City Council approved new labor
agreements for five unions last week, including library clerks, library professionals, the Municipal Employees Association, the Central Iowa Public Employees Council (CIPEC) and the Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit (PBU) Association. The most lengthy list of pay changes were among the police, where, starting next year, clothing allowance will be bumped from $560 to $600, bomb squad pay will increase by $500 per year, bilingual pay will rise from $200 to $600 per year and life insurance will jump from $15,000 to $25,000. In addition, with the PBU and CIPEC switching health insurance providers,
officials estimate the city will save more than $1 million in insurance premiums.

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