Paid for by the taxpayers in...
West Des Moines

(All items paid on Aug. 16)

Amount: $91.93
To: Des Moines Golf and Country Club
For: Dinner for Jeff Pomerantz, Eugene Meyer and Knapp Properties associates - including 12 oz. prime filets - in the club's Candlelight Room to discuss "city/developer issues" on July 6

Amount: $65.27
To: Jana Pauba Dodge, Human Resources
For: Reimbursement for supplies for Aug. 3 employee picnic, including bratwurst and ground sirloin patties

Amount: $1,050
To: R & C Yard Services
For: Mowing, trimming and "blowing" the grass at the Holiday and Valley View aquatic centers

Amount: $101.85
To: J. Marcel Enterprises
For: Two pairs of X-large black bike shorts shipped to Eric Donielson at the police department

Amount: $32.85
To: Colleen Rafferty
For: Supplies to matte photographs for the Valley Junction Conference Room

Amount: $179.29
To: Anna Whipple
For: Reimbursement for cab fare and meals during travel to the ESRI Conference in San Diego, including $42.53 fried calamari and oven-roasted salmon dinner at Harbor House Restaurant on July 28

Amount: $1,511
To: Comfort Inn, Skokie, Ill.
For: Lodging for Sergeants O'Brien and Areges while attending the "Supervising Police Personnel" school from Sept. 11-23

Amount: $300
To: Sergeant Steve Areges
For: Meal advance for "Supervising Police Personnel" School

Amount: $1,110
To: Carmike Cinemas
For: Discounted movie tickets for city employees to purchase

Amount: $1,591.55
To: Kindy's
For: 389 T-shirts for the Parks and Recreation Department's "Planet 7" program

Amount: $1,759.79
To: Kara Tragesser, Community Development division
For: Reimbursement for travel to ESRUI Conference in San Diego from July 22-29, including $1,376 for lodging at the Wyndham and $340.89 for meals

Amount: $15.48
To: Paul Barrows
For: Supplies for the Police Chief's Advisory Meeting on July 28, including one "mixed bunch" of bagels, one tub of hazelnut spread and one tub of raspberry spread

Amount: $450
To: Norm Cason, dba Comfort Zone
For: Musical performance at Music in the Junction on Sept. 8

Amount: $15.75
To: Custom Awards
For: One police nameplate

Amount: $410
To: Elliott Diamond, Inc.
For: Two black diamond blades for the Department of Public Works
Amount: $801.66
To: Emblem Enterprises
For: 650 police S.E.R.T. patches in green, red, black, blue and white

Amount: $287.28
To: Kum & Go
For: Car washes for the police department during the month of July

Amount: $73
To: Lee's Standard
For: Car washes for the police department during the month of July

Amount: $45.46
To: Roni McFall, police department
For: Reimbursement during travel to CALEA in Boston from July 26-31, including purchase of toiletries and clothing (t-shirt, cap, deodorant, shaving cream, etc.) due to late arrival of luggage after changing airlines

Amount: $26.56
To: Hy-Vee Food Stores
For: Food for the Community Development subcommittee meeting on Aug. 10, including donut holes, jumbo blueberry muffins and 1-percent milk

Amount: $70
To: International Crime Free
For: Memberships for police officers Jeff Hartshorn and Jason Bryan in the "International Crime Free Association"

Amount: $920
To: Wilcox Printing and Publishing
For: 1,500 Fall softball books

Amount: $1,380
To: ACME Printing Co.
For: Printing of 1,000 copies of the city's financial report card

Amount: $3,030.95
To: Illowa Communications
For: Radio repairs and reprogramming for the fire department

WHO'S GIVING TO...

Mayor Frank Cownie

James Conlin $5,000
Iowa Landlord PAC $2,500
James Hubbell $2,000
Ed Skinner $2,000
Des Moines Police
Officers Burial Assoc. $2,000

(Amounts listed are from last available report)

EXPENSE REPORT

Mark Haverland, the director of the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs

June 9-10: Travel to Dubuque for a presentation for the Stonehill Franciscan Services Board of Directors
Mileage: $90.20

June 26-28: Travel to Washington,
for the National Association of State Units on Aging meeting
Airfare: $391.40
Lodging: $366.40
Meals: $43.65
Cab: $51
Parking: $2

Aug. 2: Travel to Pella for a Directors' Staff Retreat convened by the Governor's Office
Mileage: $39.44
Lodging: $78.35

TRAVEL

Des Moines City Councilmember Tom Vlassis was recently approved to travel to Macon, Ga., from Sept. 7-11 for a National League of Cities meeting. As a member of the steering committee and the city's representative to the NLC, Vlassis will meet with other city officials on the Community and Economic Development roster on Sept. 9-10. His travel will cost $1,000.

SALARIES AND SUCH

Starting her appointment on Sept. 1, Cindy Browne, the new executive director of Iowa Public Radio, will earn $120,000 annually.

Comment on this story | Return to top