Paid for by taxpayers…

Paid on Aug. 4

Amount: $21,770.99
To: Academy Roofing and Sheet
For: Roof repairs

Amount: $49,001.16
To: Central Iowa Mechanical
For: General repairs and maintenance

Amount: $120
To: Department of Education
For: Bus inspection

Amount: $24,968.76
To: First Choice Distribution
For: Colored copy paper

Amount: $271.18
To: Gopher Sports
For: Dumbbell rack

Amount: $460
To: KCWI-TV 23
For: Advertising June 1 – July 15

Amount: $6,000
To: McGladrey and Pullen LLC
For: End of year audit services

Amount: $292,814.36
To: MidAmerican Energy
For: Monthly gas and electric

Amount: $94,064.14
To: Pearson Education
For: Prentice Hall Writing Coach

Amount: $2,880
To: Peerbolte Creative LLC
For: RHS stage rigging system

Amount: $4,899.72
To: Quality Turf Management
For: Fertilizer

Amount: $32,300
To: RL Contractors Inc.
For: Howe masonry restoration project

Amount: $75
To: Salsa Des Moines
For: Master Class

Amount: $668.75
To: Wipeco Inc.
For: Blue bar mop towels

Salaries and Such

Name: Charles Gipp
Title: Director
Department: Department of Natural Resources
Annual Salary: $128,889.67

Travel

The Des Moines City Council approved travel funding for Richard Brown, assistant parks and recreation director, to visit Wheeling, West Virginia, from Aug. 23-28. Brown will attend the National Recreation and Park Association’s Executing Training School, which will help develop skills necessary to evaluate a park and recreation agency’s organizational structure and administrative procedures. It will also develop skills to evaluate and identify the legal responsibilities and implications related to park and recreation agency operation, develop and implement performance management systems to evaluate the performance of agency personnel and the overall success of the agency itself, as well as prioritize programs and services in order to maximize positive impact on their communities. This expense comes at a cost of $2,991.45 to taxpayers. CV