Paid for by tax payers…

To be paid on 3/15/2016

Amount: $52,250
To: For a total of 14 high school after-prom parties
For: Miscellaneous

Amount: $5,000
To: Ankeny High School After-Prom
For: Miscellaneous

Amount: $3,000
To: East High School Post-Prom
For: Miscellaneous

Amount: $5,000
To: Valley High School After-Prom
For: Miscellaneous

Amount: $430
To: Dan Blunck
For: Human services provider charges

Amount: $2,949.14
To: The Des Moines Register
For: Other services and charges

Amount: $1,250.58
To: In the Bag
For: In the Bag serves corporate cuisine

Amount: $8.70
To: Shortstack.com
For: Iowa Events Center. Shortstack.com creates Facebook apps and social campaigns

Amount: $1,118.23
To: Starbucks
For: Iowa Events Center for other services and charges

Amount: $255,970.67
To: Wellmark
For: Polk County employee insurance

Amount: $13,786.19
To: Atlantic Coca-Cola
For: Iowa Events Center for other services and charges

Amount: $2,045
To: Fox News
For: Iowa Events Center for other services and charges

Amount: $3,980.98
To: Des Moines Skywalk Association
For: Security and maintenance in Des Moines Skywalks

Amount: $1,414,501.72
To: Paid to various health providers
For: Mental health services

Amount: $4,000
To: Hamilton’s Funeral Home Inc.
For: Human services provider charges

Amount: $1,400
To: Juvenile Detention Coalition of Iowa
For: Other services and charges

Amount: $18,560.15
To: Ted’s Body Shop
For: Work on two vehicles

Salaries and such

Name: Benjamin Jacobson
Title: Head basketball coach
Department: University of Northern Iowa
Annual salary: $650,000

Travel
The Des Moines City Council approved travel funding in the amount of $4,573 for Crime Scene Investigator Makenzie Patterson to visit Evanston, Illinois, from April 17-30. Patterson is to attend the Crime Scene Technology II and III courses being held at Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety. The courses will provide an understanding of crime scene processing and investigation. Courses will provide instruction in many areas but include photographic evidence, bloodstain documentation, practical field reconstruction, construction of a three dimensional diagram, forensic light source evidence, latent fingerprint development and enhancement and professional courtroom presentation and testimony. CV