The city of Española made the following purchases during the months of August and September.
• The city paid 4-A Contractor’s Inc. $48,103 Sept. 16 for remodeling the senior center and $8,341 Sept. 15 for work on the senior center’s roof.
• Contract worker Xavier Ortiz was paid $667 for 24 hours of finance and data management related work performed Sept. 2, 4 and 5, and $1,655 for 35.5 hours of work performed between Aug. 12 and Aug. 24.
• One thousand lapel pins and two 7-inch keys with logos on them were purchased from The Pin Center in Las Vegas, Nev., for $710.
• Hearing tests for Española/Rio Arriba County 911 Center employees performed by SW Ear, Nose and Throat cost the city $264.
• McKinley County was paid $45,584 for care of prisoners in May and June at the McKinley County Jail.
• Blue Sky Builders was paid $91,201 Sept. 3 and $90,970 Aug. 27 for renovating the Española Jail.
• Precision Accounting received its last payment, $12,344, Sept. 3 for work performed on the 2007 audit.
• The Family YMCA was paid $10,470 Aug. 25 for program development and operations for the months of May and June.
• The city paid $1,155 in attorney’s fees to Stein and Brockman Aug. 19 in reference to water rights.
• Eleven drug and alcohol screenings referred by the municipal court between July 8 and July 30 cost $825, which the city paid to Screening and Assessment officer Jim Romero on Aug. 21.
• The city paid $452 in attorney’s fees to Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin and Robb for a case filed against the city by Joe Steven Martinez. Martinez is suing the city for a claim of assault and battery by three police officers.
• Pool Pro was paid $2,205 Aug. 19 for valves at Ranchitos Pool.
• Subscription fees for membership to the New Mexico Municipal League cost $16,725.
• Installation of an air conditioner and air compressor at the Española Post Office cost $7,335. Valley Heating performed the work.
• The city paid Excel Staffing Companies $2,169 Aug. 20 for fees related to temporary worker Xavier Ortiz. The work was performed in June and August, it totaled 77 hours.
• BNY Western Co., trustee of the Santa Fe County Jail, was paid $5,835 Aug. 20 for housing and booking fees for March through June.
• The Española Public Library received 22 books from Baker and Taylor Company, of Atlanta, Ga. The city paid $303 for the books.
• The city paid $40,926 Aug. 8 to the North Central Solid Waste Authority for commercial and residential billings.
• Computer Assets was paid $16,203 Aug. 21 to update security cameras at the 911 Center.