LATHROP 

The city of Lathrop paid more than $3.5 million in bills for the month of September. The following is a sampling of those expenses.

    $3,540 to Advance Recruitment Solutions for job postings for two job vacancies
    $1,366 to Capitol Barricade and Sign for barricade and sign rentals
    $2,903 to May M. Lum, rent for the Lathrop Police Department office for the month of September
    $9,953 to Bob Murray & Associates, a partial payment for recruitment for a city attorney
    $15,615 to Park-Rite Striping Service, for street striping
    $2,854 to Varsity Scoreboards for new scoreboards for the Community Center
    $14,544 to DSWA for designs for two wells
    $64,080 to Ninh M. Le, PE, for plan checks for Bradshaw Crossing
    $1,546,580 to the South San Joaquin Irrigation District, a yearly charge for water operations and maintenance
    $866 to Family Pet Hospital for veterinary services
    $4,578 to Quenvold’s Safety Shoemobiles for safety shoes for building inspectors, utility operators and other city         employees
    $21,963 to Crane Transportation for a traffic study for River Islands at Lathrop, paid by developer fees
    $687 to File of Life for 1,000 Police Department magnets
    $2,214 to Frontier Tours for tour buses for a Senior Center trip to Apple Hill
    $4,247 to Tradeway Collision Center for repairs to a public works truck

The city of Lathrop paid more than $1.2 million in bills during the month of August. The following is a sample of those expenses:

$7,250 to Final Cut Media Inc. for six months’ audio/visual equipment and services for the recording of City Council meetings
$1,430 to Smile Business Products, a lease payment for several copy machines
$1,951 to Fingerprint America Inc. for fingerprinting supplies for the Lathrop Police Department
$1,390 to Lathrop Self Storage, an annual payment for off-site storage for old records from City Hall
$1,200 to The Lathrop Rush, a monthly payment for advertising
$14,602 to Granite Construction, for construction on a storm-water drainage project on Fifth Street
$81,814 to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for several combined payments for utilities for the month of July
$25,000 to Manteca Dodge for a 2007 Dodge police vehicle
$11,840 to Ad Art, a partial payment for monument signs to be erected outside City Hall
$22,458 to Coalinga Chevy/Lasher Dodge, for a truck for the Public Works Department
$62,056 to Dell Account for new computers to replace outdated equipment for 2007-08
$1,800 to Randy Johnson, a monthly payment to rent farmland to use as city spray fields
$2,700 to Rafael Sandoval, a monthly payment to rent city office space on Seventh Street

CITY OF MANTECA

The city of Manteca paid more than $5.6 million in bills for the weeks ending Oct. 12, 19 and 26. The following is a sampling of the city’s expenses:

$1,398,408 to RGW Construction for work on the interchange between Highway 120 and Highway 99
$897,984 to Chicago Title Company to purchase land from Verizon to expand Library Park
$884,623 to the South San Joaquin Irrigation District for Manteca’s share of improvements to its water treatment plant and distribution lines
$227,235 to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for September utility bills
$210,683 to Motorola Inc. for a new police radio system
$111,525 to Granite Construction for constructing sidewalks along Watson Avenue
$95,135 to Quincy Engineering for design work on Highway 120 interchanges at McKinley Avenue, Airport Way and Union Road
$90,035 to Overaa & Co. for expanding the city’s sewage treatment plant
$83,736 to Bryant Petroleum for gasoline and diesel fuel
$72,650 to Forward Inc. for trash disposal and recycling
$21,284 to West Bay Builders for construction work at the Big League Dreams sports park
$30,305 to Maze & Associates for a full-year audit of the city finances
$10,303 to PFM Asset Management for investment advice and fees
$10,471 to Richards, Watson and Gershon for legal advice
$12,684 to Verizon California for telephone bills
$3,125 to Concepteco for insulated lunch bags
$4,919 to the city of Lathrop for a joint traffic study

The city of Manteca paid more than $3.4 million in bills for the weeks ending Sep. 28 and Oct. 5. The following is a sampling of the city’s expenses:

$1,522,800 to Eden Housing Inc. to support the low-income senior housing project, Almond Terrace
$88,866 to Downtown Ford for two pickups
$84,486 to Manteca Senior Housing, LLC to support the low-income senior housing project by Affirmed Housing Development
$60,795 to McNabb Construction for work on the water fountain at Library Park
$57,741 to Bryant Petroleum for gas and diesel fuel
$11,586 to Land Architecture Inc. for designs for Woodward Park
$10,750 to McFall Burnett and Brinton for the city attorney’s retainer
$8,840 to the California Redevelopment Agency for annual registration fees
$816 to J&J Printing for business cards
$2,001 to the Manteca Bulletin for publishing legal notices
$250 to the Manteca Camera Club for awards from the Mayor’s Arts Commission
$250 to the Manteca Mural Society to support the National Public Arts Symposium in Manteca
$3,456 to the M.R.P.S Hall for two parking lot lease payments
$4,350 to Nextel Communications for cell phone charges
$12,513 to Verizon California for phone service
$4,375 to Westside Commons Partners for a security deposit on rented office space for the city’s IT department
$2,250 to police Sgt. Nicholas Obligacion for installing emergency equipment on three police vehicles
$1,200 to Bonnie Galas and Nadean Costa to lease their parking lot on Grant Avenue in downtown Manteca 

The city of Manteca paid more than $5.6 million in bills for the weeks ending Sept. 14 and 21. The following is a sampling of the city’s expenses:

$2,257,040 to the South San Joaquin Irrigation District for a year’s worth of drinking water
$1,367,556 to cover the city redevelopment agency’s semi-annual debt payments to U.S. Bank N. A.
$313,897 to Overaa and Co. for expansion work on the city’s sewage treatment plant
$243,086 to Pacific Gas and Electric for August utility bills
$178,013 to T.Y. Lin International for road work on Atherton Drive
$50,685 in federal grant money to the Boys and Girls Club in Manteca for building rehabilitation
$25,688 for three 2007 Dodge Charger sedans for the police department
$64,065 to Granite Construction for putting in sidewalks on Watson Avenue
$50,632 to MV Transportation for running the city’s public bus service
$22,355 to Republic ITS for traffic signal and streetlight maintenance
$22,480 to VSCE Inc. for managing construction during the Library Park Expansion
$6,380 to Royston Hanamoto Alley and Abey for landscape design of the new Library Park
$64,971 to Dell Marketing L.P. for computer equipment
$17,541 to WasteEquip McLaughlin for trash bins
$14,523 to McNeilus Truck for garbage truck parts
$12,483 to Shaw Roofing Inc. from a redevelopment agency grant to pay for rehabilitating senior’s homes
$10,994 to Nolte Associates Inc. for work on a sewer rate study and a developer fee study
$6,070 to MCR Engineering Inc for widening South Union Road
$8,761 to Richards, Watson and Gershon for legal help writing development contracts
$4,776 reimbursement to the city’s workers’ compensation account
$3,923 to Factory Motor Parts Co. for car parts
$9,369 to Office Depot for various office supplies
$4,240 to St. Joseph’s Occupational Health Clinic for employee physicals and drug screening
$1,058 to Les Schwab Tire Center for tires and repairs

The city of Manteca paid more than $2.5 million in bills for the weeks ending Aug. 31 and Sept. 7. The following is a sampling of the city’s expenses:

$600,391 to RGW Construction for work on the interchange between Highway 99 and Highway 120
$249,153 to DSS Engineering Contractors for work on Moffat Boulevard
$127,230 to Brown & Sons Construction for remodeling the development services office
$90,524 to McNabb Construction for building a water play fountain in Library Park
$39,131 to Toy Express for a Dodge Charger and Chevrolet Impala for the police department
$17,640 to Coalinga Motors for a Chevrolet Silverado pickup for the police department
$6,800 to Kardwell International for a bingo flashboard and console
$23,529 to Collins Electrical Co. to erect a traffic signal on Woodward Avenue
$14,899 to Ralph Andersen & Associates for an interim economic development manager
$12,167 to ABS Presort for mailings
$10,305 to ECRI for a geographic profiling system
$43,710 to Bryant Petroleum for gasoline and diesel fuel
$10,750 to McFall, Burnett & Brinton for the city attorney’s retainer
$4,211 to Nextel Communications for cell phone charges
$2,078 to Richards Watson & Gershon for legal advice
$12,383 to Verizon California for phone charges
$4,847 to Office Depot for miscellaneous office supplies
$300 to San Joaquin Valley Unified Air for penalty assessment

MUSD

The Manteca Unified School District paid more than $6.2 million in bills between Sept. 11 and Oct. 9. The following is a sample of those expenses:

$13,134 to Piranha Produce, a monthly payment for fruit and vegetables.
$1,138 to Parklane Cleaners, for dry cleaning of Sierra High School band uniforms.
$8,549 to Houghton Mifflin Co., for East Union High School textbooks.
$289,453 to Pacific Gas & Electric Co., for utilities.
$86,858 to AMS.net, for communications services.
$6,757 to Raising a Reader, for instructional materials.
$547,982 to Hester Roofing Co., for repairs to McParland Elementary School.
$149,467 to Kings Roofing, for repairs to Lincoln Elementary, French Camp Elementary, and Manteca High Schools.
$97,268 to Xerox Corp., for copier leases and equipment.
$33,428 to Coca Cola Bottling Co., a monthly payment for beverages.
$198,761 to Dell Marketing, for computer equipment.
$42,035 to Producers Dairy Food, a food charge for the month of August.
$312,000 to the Office of Public School Construction for rent on portable classroom buildings.
$13,783 to the city of Lathrop for utilities.
$14,070 to Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co., for audit services.

The Manteca Unified School District paid more than $5.8 million in bills between Aug. 13 and Aug. 31, 2007. The following is a sample of those expenses:

$2,792 to the Markerboard People, for instructional supplies for Manteca High School
$30,141 to Virco Inc., for furniture and equipment
$9,204 to Roadrunner Glass Co., for repairs to 12172 Lincoln
$26,600 to Scholastic Inc., for training
$6,471 to CRS Inc., an annual payment for sub-finder software
$70,000 to the City of Lathrop, for the school district’s share of roadwork on Fifth Street, outside Lathrop Elementary School
$40,645 to Nextel Communications, for cell phone services
$281,280 to Pacific Gas & Electric Co., for utilities
$54,978 to Central Sanitary Supply, for custodial supplies
$45,599 to Unisource Worldwide Inc., for warehousing supplies
$12,018 to Norcal Performance Inc., for transportation materials and supplies
$3,870 to Maiers Manteca Fence Co., for fencing at Lathrop School
$22,790 to General Petroleum Corporation for gas for buses
$1,751 to Super Duper Publications, for speech materials for Mossdale School
$1,078 to Redi-Mark, for employee recognition awards
$29,115 to Urban Ernst Design Group, for plans for Lathrop High School