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February 8, 2016
5:10 p.m.
Harold E. Getty Council Chambers
Members present: Welper, Jones, and Jacobs.
Moved by Jones seconded by Jacobs that the Agenda, as proposed, be approved. Ayes: Three.
Motion carried.
Moved by Jones seconded by Jacobs that the Minutes of February 1, 2016, as proposed, be
approved. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Jacobs seconded by Jones that the request for .the following travel requests, be
approved.
Travel Requests
Name & Title of Personnel
Class/Meeting
Destination
Date(s).
Amount
not to
Exceed
Lt. Payne and Inv. Girsch
INOA 2016 Annual
Conference
West Des
Moines, IA
March 29-
31, 2016
$960.00
Inv. Sadd & P.O.
Jurgensen
LEIN (Law Enforcement
Intelligence Network)
School
Des Moines,
IA
April 4-
16, 2016
$1,930.00
Brandon Hodgin — Signal
Technician I4,
EPAC Training
Davenport, IA
March 2-
2016
$320.00
Wayne Castle, Associate
Engineer
SLSI 2016 Land ,
Surveyors Conference
Ames, IA
March 3-
4, 2016
$385.00
Julie Snider, Executive
Director; Beverly Cosby,
Housing Coordinator;
Tajah Wright, Housing
Coordinator
Iowa NAHRO 2016
Annual
Conference/Training
Coralville, IA
April 20-
22; 2016
$2,165.00
Travis Ihnen
American Heart
Association Healthcare
Provider (BLS)
Instructor Course
Iowa City, IA
January
28, 2016
$188.00
Travis Ihnen
Advanced Cardiac Life
Support Instructor
Course
Iowa City, IA
February
17, 2016
$252.00
Mr. Schmitt questioned if items one and two are required for certifications.
Dan Trelka, Director of Safety Services stated the classes do not count toward certification.
Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Jacobs seconded by Jones that refund request by Hood & Phalen Insurance, Inc., 1425
W. 5th Street, in the amount of $252.70 for garbage fees paid while they had a private hauler be
approved. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Moved by Jones seconded by Jacobs that the request for the following pre -authorizations to
expend over $1,000.00, be approved.
Finance Committee
February 8, 2016
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Pre -Authorizations to Expend over $1,000.00
Dept.
Amount + Est. S/H
Expenditure
Airport
$5,892.68
Replacement computer server for the Airport
department. This purchase includes a server with
operating system, tape drive, software and tapes.
Building
Maintenance
$1,250.00
Fire Alarm/Suppression System plans review; Fire
Pump review for '1111 San Martian Dr., VGM
Campus Building.
Building
Maintenance
$1,500.00
Fire Alarm/Suppresion System plans review; Fire
Pump review for 2701 Midport Blvd., ConAgra Food
expansion.
Building
Maintenance
$19,481.25
Purchase of (2) Boilerless Countertop Convection
Steamers for'Convention Center; (1) Meridian
Countertop Ice Maker and Dispenser for City Hall.
Central Garage
$5,411.00
Turbocharger, injectors, and glow plug replacement --
Ambulance 338.
Leisure Services
$3,547.05
Baseballs and softballs for the Optimist Baseball
program. •
Leisure Services
$1,478.98
Annual inspection, dielectric testing and maintenance
on two forestry aerial lift trucks.
Leisure Services
$8,574.00
24 trees to be planted in boulevard of Home Park
Boulevard. '
Sanitation
NTE $25,000.00
Replenish cart inventory.
Traffic
Operations
$2,092.50
DGC white sheeting.
Mr. Jones questioned the brand of carts being purchased by Sanitation.
Mark Rice, Public Works Director, will be going with Otto Environmental Systems, the same
brand they have been using for 6 months.
Mr. Schmitt questioned if the amount spent on the parts is typical.
Mark Rice stated that the amount typical to the replenishment is roughly $24,900.00.
Mr. Jones questioned the purchase of the counter top icemaker.
Craig Clark, Building Official, explained the icemaker would be located in break room for City
Hall employees to get water and ice and noted that other buildings have icemakers.
Ayes: three. Motion carried.
Moved by Welper seconded by Jacobs that Bills Payment, as contained in Accounts Payable
Invoice Report, dated February 8, 2016, in the amount of $2,404,439.15 be received, placed on
file and approved and forwarded to the full council for approval. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
With no further business before the committee, it was moved by Jones seconded by Jacobs that
the meeting be adjourned at 5:20 p.m. Ayes: Three. Motion carried.
Ke ley Fele le
Deputy City Clerk