Paid for by taxpayers in…

Paid on Dec. 14

Amount: $914.44
To: Plumb Supply Company
For: Various products

Amount: $62,192.62
To: Union Pacific Railroad Company
For: Flashing lights and gates installation

Amount: $48.07
To: Midwest Alarm Services
For: Various services

Amount: $206.41
To: ASI
For: Window signs and installation

Amount: $406.09
To: Register Media
For: Various products

Amount: $4261.15
To: MidAmerican Energy
For: Pole relocation

Amount: $123
To: Iowa Reprographics Inc.
For: Various products

Amount: $100,000
To: Public Art Foundation
For: Donation

Amount: $27.98
To: Acme Tools
For: Various products

Amount: $28,700
To: Iowa Demolition
For: Demolition services

Amount: $203.12
To: Stetson Building Products
For: Various products

Amount: $31
To: Vivian Hilgenberg, CSR, RPR
For: Transcript of proceedings

Amount: $50.92
To: King and Associates LLC
For: Various services

Amount: $225
To: North River Education Services Inc.
For: Instructional services

Amount: $4,428.22
To: QPS (Wisconsin)
For: Various services

Amount: $140
To: Dynamite Diver LLC
For: High-pressure hose

Amount: $1,722.96
To: Accountemps
For: Various services

Salaries and such

Name: Fran McCaffery
Title: Head Coach, Men’s Basketball
Department: University of Iowa
Annual Salary: $1,312,684.64

Travel
The Des Moines City Council approved travel funding for GIS Manager Anna Whipple to visit Newark, New Jersey, from March 8-20, 2016. Whipple will attend the first of three meetings necessary to complete the Certified Government Chief Information Officers Program, which is a 12-month course that lays the foundation for assessing and addressing some of the most critical issues facing IT leadership in the public sector. The program aims to equip leaders with the requisite tools to manage and improve their organizational technology assets. Topics covered include IT governance, project management and risk assessment and management. This comes at a cost of $4,488 to local taxpayers. CV