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West Des Moines:
(All items paid Nov. 22)

Amount: $1,150
To: Tactical Explosive Entry School
For: Registration fee for police officer Chuck Masterson to attend the "High Risk Environment Protective Services Detail" training in Mississippi from Nov. 28-Dec. 2, with course content including barricade shooting, anti-ambush drills and recognition of "improvised explosive devices"

Amount: $406.96
To: Bankers Advertising Co.
For: 3,000 pencils - "assorted neon colors with black imprint" - ordered by the West Des Moines Fire Department for distribution to area "youths"

Amount: $32.56
To: Jodie Bergen, parks and recreation department
For: Reimbursement of select meals during the International Festivals and Events Association conference Sept. 12-17 in San Antonio, including $13.18 for chicken strips and fries at Hooters on Sept. 12., $3.23 for a classic Cinnabon on Sept 12 and $4.12 for lunch at McDonald's on Sept. 17. Her request for reimbursement for a $3.34 medium blizzard from Dairy Queen on Sept. 13 as a "snack," however, was "denied."

Amount: $240
To: C.J. Copper and Associates
For: Random drug testing of seven city employees, including Michael Coughton, Mark Lampe and Allen Brown

Amount: $100
To: Dick Doggett
For: Reimbursement of expenses to a West Des Moines landlord after a participant in the transitional housing program "stole all the closet rods in the apartment" and necessitated a deep cleaning of the carpeting after she moved out on Sept. 30

Amount: $2,949
To: FBG Service Corporation
For: November cleaning fees for West Des Moines Public Library

Amount: $45
To: Fortune
For: 84-issue subscription to Fortune magazine for the City Manager's Office

Amount: $12
To: Governing
For: Subscription for Clyde Evans, Community Development Director, to Governing magazine

Amount: $196.50
To: Cingular Wireless
For: Blackberry charges for August and September billed to Westcom Public Safety

Amount: $400
To: FSH Communications
For: November operations of eight city payphones, including phones at the Raccoon River Park Soccer Field and two at Fair Meadows Park

Amount: $111.37
To: John Gallagher
For: Food for an employee breakfast for West Des Moines Fire Department employees on Nov. 1, including 40 orders of biscuits, jam preserves, "butter solids," creamy peanut butter and Tabasco sauce

Amount: $9,563
To: Matrix Consulting Group
For: Consulting fees for the month of October to a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company for data collection and interviews "relating to the conduct of the Fire and EMS study," including $1,400 for eight hours of work at $175 per hour for Travis Miller and $916 in travel expenses

Amount: $166
To: International Institute of Municipal Clerks
For: Membership dues for Maureen Richmond and Jody Smith

Amount: $52.06
To: Jordan Creek Hospital Center
For: Discounted vet services for Rony - a 3-year-old, 83-pound German Shepherd in the West Des Moines Police Department's K-9 unit - including $34 for an annual wellness examination

Amount: $270
To: Kenny and Gyl Co.
For: Decals for a new animal control vehicle

Amount: $98.65
To: U.S. Coffee Inc.
For: Coffee "for meetings" at the West Des Moines EMS

Amount: $600
To: Adjutant General of Iowa
For: Rental of Range S15 at the Camp Dodge training site on five occasions in October by the West Des Moines Police Department

Amount: $12
To: Tim Armstrong
For: Mileage reimbursement for Armstrong, the Loss Prevention Manager for Von Maur, for appearance in Polk County Court as a witness on Nov. 10 regarding a West Des Moines charge

Who's giving to:

Ted Ohmart
West Des Moines City Councilman
Gerard Neugent $500
William Knapp $500
Paul Knapp $500
Jim Cownie $500
Randal Walters $500
John Kline $500
Stewart Hansen $200

Expense Report:

Bill Angrick, Iowa Citizens' Aid/Ombudsman

March 5-15: Travel to Mexico City for a meeting of the International Ombudsman Institute (for which he is the president)
Airfare: Use of personal frequent- flyer miles
Lodging: $494.04
Meals: $97.32
Cab: $30
Parking: $36

Sept. 19-22: Travel to Nashville, Tenn., for the U.S. Ombudsman Association (USOA) Annual Conference, at which he was a keynote speaker
Airfare: Covered by USOA
Mileage (from airport to home): $4.08
Lodging: $297.45
Meals: $47.74 (including $27 dinner on 9/20)
Cabs: $43

Sept. 30: Travel to Minneapolis to act as a panel participant at the Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference
Mileage: $171.36
Meals: $32.50 (including $24 dinner)
Parking: $12

Salaries and such

After six years as the at-times controversial director of Broadlawns, Polk County's public hospital, Susan Hunsaker was terminated "without cause" by the institution's board last month to trigger a nearly quarter-million ($241,539) severance package as she departs to handle personal health problems.

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