The city of Espanola made the following purchases during the month of August.
• The bank of Albuquerque was paid an annual depository fee of $1,816.88.
• Dr. Timothy Bajema was paid $3,552 for medical director services for the fire and rescue department.
• Steve’s Window Tint was paid $280 to tint the windows of two police units belonging to Officers Stacy Saiz and Danny Pacheco.
• The Santa Fe New Mexican was paid $815.47 for a job posting to advertise the chief financial officer position and a general advertisement for the Española Fiesta.
• Four safety helmets for the Fiesta Patrol at the Fiesta cost $467. The helmets were purchased from Santa Fe Motor Sports.
• Pool Pro was paid $977.50 for chlorine tabs for Ranchitos Pool.
• The National Fire Protection Association was paid $179.95 for school safety materials, 150 plastic key chains with UhOhs figurines attached.
• Attorney’s fees, paid to Miller Stratvert Law Offices, totaled $5,091.41. The fees covered work done in June in regard to lawsuits filed by former employees Christine Bustos and Mike Vigil and complaints filed by current employees Trudy Gallegos and Josie Lujan.
• A utility cart, a pastry brush, knives, a cheese slicer, a cheese slicer wire replacement and rubber mats purchased for the Senior Center from Chicago-based JV Partners LLC Central Restaurant Products cost $1,002.
• Plumbing supplies for the Plaza de Española cost $2,842. They were purchased from Ewing Irrigation Products.
• Albuquerque-based ETS Development Group was paid $510 to reconstruct a police database. The database was damaged after power outages July 3 and 6 at the Española Police Department.
• Medical index cards for the Española/Rio Arriba County 911 Center cost $600. They were purchased from EMS Region III, based out of Clovis.
• Supplies for police units, which included mounting brackets, a spotlight and radar units, were purchased from West Mesa Emergency Products. The costs totaled $34,616.24.
• Attorney’s fees to Albuquerque-based Tinnin Law firm totaled $760.73.
• Attorney’s fees paid to Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin andf Robb totaled $44,960.99. It was for work performed in April through June for lawsuits filed against the city by Joe Steven Martinez, Kenneth Kollecker and Marvin Vigil.
• The Rio Arriba County Jail was paid $1,260 for housing 11 inmates for 29 days in November 2007.
• Michael Fenner was paid $530.31 for administering a polygraph examination.
• Repair work done by Encantado Plumbing and Heating for work on the boiler heating system at the Española Public Library cost $7,612.50.
• Work done on the Senior Center remodeling project by Peñasco-based 4-As Contractors Inc. totaled $90,907.94.
• The Mercer Group Inc., which the city hired to search for candidates to fill the city manager position, was paid $6,666.67.