Paid for by taxpayers in… the city of Des Moines
8/13/2014Amount: $350
To: Plumbing Inc.
For: Additional saw cutting of the street to the west of a street excavation
Amount: $301.68
To: Metro Waste Authority
For: Street construction and demolition
Amount: $6,828.44
To: Neighborhood Development Corp. C/O Knapp Properties
For: August rent at a 6th Avenue apartment
Amount: $44,978.36
To: Principal Life Insurance Company
For: Various types of insurance for policyholder City of Des Moines
Amount: $358,091
To: Jester Insurance Services
For: Excess work comp policy
Amount: $262.38
To: The Bench Factory (Illinois)
For: Two replacements for Madison bench
Amount: $500
To: Skillpath Seminars (Kansas)
For: Enrollment to attend the Adobe Photoshop Users Conference in Des Moines on Aug. 7
Amount: $2,049.49
To: Midwest Tape (Ohio)
For: Movies and TV shows on DVD for the Des Moines Public Library
Amount: $1,242.97
To: Office Max (Kansas)
For: Various office supplies for the several City of Des Moines departments
Amount: $928
To: Commonwealth Electric Company
For: Material for LED flood lights with wall brackets for the Waste Water Reclamation Facility
Amount: $2,909
To: Namescape (Arizona)
For: rDirectory Enterprise Edition + myPassword one-year maintenance and support renewal
Amount: $142.40
To: Iowa Veterinary Specialties
For: Emergency examination fee, ear cytology and medication for police department canine
Amount: $3,015
To: ATW Training & Consulting Inc.
For: Two leadership academy seminars, one by Max Gage and one by Denise Forney, both at the end of July
Correction: The July 31 issue stated items were paid for by the taxpayers of Polk County, though they were paid for by the taxpayers of the City of Des Moines.
Salaries and such
Name: Ronald Weigel
Title: Associate Vice President for UI Health Alliance
Department: University of Iowa
Annual Salary: $734,497
Travel
The Des Moines City Council approved travel for Anthony Beminio, senior police office, to travel to Kansas City, Missouri, from Sept. 14-19 at the July 28 meeting. Beminio will attend a five-day seminar called “Detective and New Criminal Investigator” conducted by the Public Agency Training Council Training Center. It is designed to help familiarize officers with how to conduct follow-up investigations and start to provide the foundation of techniques they can use to become effective detectives. This comes at a cost of $1,364 to taxpayers. CV
