Paid for by taxpayers in… City of Des Moines

12/12/2012

 

Amount: $123.26

To: ADT Security Services (Pittsburgh, Penn.)

For: Quarterly payment for monthly monitoring services at the Neighbrohood Based Service Delivery Office at 607 Forest Ave., from Dec. 1 through Feb. 28, 2013.

 

Amount: $166

To: Capital Decorating Inc. 

For: Payment for services repairing the motorized shades at the City Hall.

 

Amount: $14,844.94

To: EMC Risk Services 

For: Payment for medical billing servicers and review fees for the month of October, including an adjuster service fee of $13,716.

 

Amount: $110.44 

To: RC Systems 

For: Payment for services repairing an emergency siren for the fire department.

 

Amount: $2,602 

To: Shuck-Britson Inc. 

For: Payment for providing a structural plan review, reports and coordination and administration services for the Ingersoll Square II project ($1,214); Waterfront parking ramp foundations ($518); and Residence Inn structural planning ($870).

 

Amount: $708.80 

To: Grainger (Kansas City, Mo.) 

For: Purchase of an approximate 21-pound shipment of ear plugs (20 cases at $35.44 each)

 

Amount: $210 

To: H.B. Leiserowitz Company

For: Purchase of six DVD-Rs (at $35 each) for the police department.

 

Amount: $340 

To: Odell Jenkins

For: Rental fees for using the Martin Luther King shelter from Oct. 19 through Nov. 10 for the parks and recreation department.

 

Amount: $367.90

To: Bass Pro Shops 

For: Purchase of “tactical clothing,” including two bibs, at $69.97 and $87.99 respectively, and two parkas, at $99.97 and $109.97 respectively, for the police.

 

Amount: $36,121.50

To: Shaner Hotel Group LP (State College, Penn.)

For: Payment of real estate taxes for July 2005 to March 2008 for leasing the playground at 401 Fifth St. from the Des Moines Public Schools as per a 28E agreement which was approved by the school board last month.

 

Amount: $828 

To: KFL Inc. 

For: Payment for services boarding up broken doors and windows to structures at three properties on East Vine Street, East 17th Court and Cottage Grove.

 

Amount: $995 

To: Paplow Roofing 

For: Cost to repair the gutter and downspout at the Pioneer House.

 

Salaries and Such 

Name: Douglas D. Wheeler

Title: Principal 

Department: Herbert Hoover High School

Years served: 2012-13 school year is his sixth year 

Annual salary: $120,963

 

Travel

Des Moines City Council recently approved Detective Denise Schafnitz to travel to Austin, Texas, from Dec. 2 – 6, to attend a Principles of Fraud Examination course sponsored by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The course will provide basic training in fraud examination which is said to enhance investigative skills, resulting in higher quality case investigations and improved court testimony. This travel expense is priced at $2,380.40. CV