Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines Public Schools

8/28/2013

Amount: $1,694.86

To: 4 Imprint

For: Purchase of Celebration shopping tote bags, including $74.86 in freight fees.

 

Amount: $2,979.79

To: A Tec Recycling Inc.

For: Payment for recycling fees for Edmunds ($46.51) and Jefferson ($2,933.28).

 

Amount: $19,187

To: A+ Lawn and Landscape Inc.

For: Payment for mowing services for 2013-14.

 

Amount: $54,594

To: Adventureland

For: Purchase of district-wide discount tickets.

 

Amount: $800

To: Agile Sports Technologies

For: Payment for video editing services for East High School football.

 

Amount: $6,387.97

To: All American Sports Corp.

For: Purchase of football helmets and pads.

 

Amount: $77,209.30

To: Apex Companies LLC

For: Payment for inspections and asbestos and mold removal services.

 

Amount: $17,394

To: Apple Computer Inc.

For: Purchase of iPads with retina display.

 

Amount: $75,682.71

To: Baker Electric Inc.

For: Payment for services repairing, installing and resetting cameras district-wide.

 

Amount: $109.60

To: BB and P Feed and Grain Inc.

For: Purchase of cattle feed for Central Campus.

 

Amount: $1,012

To: Blank Park Zoo

For: Purchase of admission tickets for July trips to the zoo.

 

Salaries and Such

Name: Burns H. Weston

Title: Bessie Dutton Murray distinguished professor of law emeritus and senior scholar, UI Center for Human Rights

Department: University of Iowa College of Law

Years of service: 47 (retired from full-time teaching in 1999)

Annual salary: $84,807.50

 

Travel

The Des Moines City Council recently approved senior plumbing inspector Don Hansen and senior mechanical inspector Mike Minnick to travel to Kansas City, Mo., from Sept. 29–Oct. 4, to attend the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials annual education and business conference. The conference is said to offer firsthand knowledge of the development process of the plumbing code changes, with discussions that describe the need for the change. It also promises to provide information to assist the adoption process for the 2012 Uniform Plumbing Code with the State of Iowa. This travel expense will cost local tax payers a total of $3,520.70 for both men. CV