Paid for by the taxpayers in...

Des Moines:

Amount: $4,956.35
To: Embassy Suites
For: City of Des Moines Service Awards Dinner on Sept. 20, including $4,379.18 for the dinner buffet and $278.75 for premium wells, light beer and house wine
Filed: Oct. 5

Amount: $98.79
To: Anna Kingery (Des Moines Police Department Chief's Office)
For: Frames and mounting supplies for sex offender 2000-foot maps
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $3,607.27
To: All Makes Office Interior
For: $1,105.10 worth of furniture for "Sarah's office" in the public works street division, including a $257.14 desk; $1,379.87 worth of furniture for "Gregg's office" in the solid waste division, including $515.14 for two managerial-task, pneumatic chairs; and $1,122.30 worth of furniture for "Adam's office" in the sewers division
Filed: Oct. 6

Amount: $106.25
To: Designed Images
For: One 7 inch by 52 inch digital photographic print for the city's League of Cities display booth
Filed: Sept. 30

Amount: $703.35
To: Flaghouse
For: Eight exercise mats/floor pads for the Brooks Community Center
Filed: Oct. 5

Amount: $195
To: Peggy's Catering
For: Luncheon for emergency managers on Sept. 28 hosted by the Des Moines Fire Department
Filed: Oct. 4
Amount: $350.73
To: Brian Becker
For: August mileage reimbursement for travel related to work as Parks and Recreation supervisor
Filed: Sept. 22

Amount: $321.83
To: Beeline + Blue
For: Graphic Display items and supplies for cemetery marketing event, including the cropping, mounting and laminating of a variety of photos
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $24,443.22
To: Vollbrecht and Associates Inc.
For: Six parking meters with 15 minutes free time, 35 parking meters with a two-hour limit, and 25 parking meters with a 10-hour limit
Filed: Oct. 6

Amount: $999
To: Mid-Iowa Sales Co.
For: Car wash soap for the Des Moines Fire Department
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $320
To: Great Caterers of Iowa
For: Food for a CDBG Planning Conference on Sept. 14 and 15
Filed: Oct. 6

Amount: $147.75
To: Sink Paper and Packaging
For: Three packages of grocery bags for the Des Moines Police Department
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $325
To: Carrie and George Smith
For: Payment of claim for an incident on Aug. 31, during which a city forestry crew dropped a tree limb on the claimant's electrical service line and also damaged a window.
Filed: Oct. 5
Amount: $585.85
To: Acme Materials Co.
For: 24.7 tons of sports sand shipped to City of Des Moines Soccer Field
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $2,299.88
To: BSN/Conlin Sports
For: Baseball supplies, including $728.32 for eights sets of "major league bases with anchors" and $398.16 for "wood-filled, in-ground, home plates"
Filed: Oct. 6

Amount: $500.02
To: Capital Sanitary Supply Co.
For: Custodial supplies for Gray's Lake
Filed: Oct. 5

Amount: $442.54
To: Hy-Vee Food Stores
For: Food for Camp 911, including 50 box lunches and $60 worth of fruit
Filed: Oct 4

Amount: $300
To: LL Green Upholstery
For: Repair of two lower seats in "Pumper 6" for Des Moines Fire Department
Filed: Oct. 4

Amount: $143.94
To: Menards
For: Two portable toilets and two packages of AAA batteries for the Des Moines Fire Department
Filed: Oct. 5

Amount: $95
To: NENA
For: 2006 membership dues for the National Emergency Number Association for Vince Carter in the Des Moines Police Department
Filed: Oct. 4

Who's giving to:

Jeff Angelo, State Senator

Master Builders of Iowa $4,000
Associated General
Contractors of Iowa $3,000
Microsoft Corp. PAC $1,000
Federation of Iowa Insurers $1,000
Manufactured Housing PAC $400

Expense Report:

Michael Tramontina, director of the Iowa
Department of Management

July 17-20: Travel to Baltimore, Md., for the National Association of State Budget Officers Annual Conference
Airfare: $443.30
Registration: $350
Lodging: $625.52
(at the Hyatt Regency)
Meals: $20 ($15 dinner on July 19 and $5 dinner on July 17)
Taxi: $25
FedEx Charge: $11
Internet charge: $6
Total: $1,480.82

Travel

A trio of Parks and Recreation officials were recently approved to travel to San Antonio, Texas, from Oct. 17-23 for the National Recreation and Park Association annual conference. Director Don Tripp, Board President Suzette Jensen and Park Development Manager Don McLaughlin will spend the week attending a variety of workshops - from "Understand the Hip Hop Generation" to "The Boomers are Coming: Are you Ready?"- while also getting in some recreation, kicking off with the "Welcome Party On the River" and wrapping up with a southern fiesta titled "An Evening in Ol' San Antonio." The three employees' travel will cost $4,884.40.

Salaries and such

Erin Buzuvis - the adjunct law professor at the University of Iowa who sparked debate last month when she alleged the pink dŽcor of the Kinnick Stadium visiting locker room promotes sexism and homophobia - is retained on a per-semester basis and will earn $18,000 this fall.

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