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Purchasing staff and their assigned commodities


Director of Purchasing Patricia Harmeyer, 515-239-1168

Mary Zimmerman, senior purchasing agent, 515-239-1298

• Building and general construction (non road construction)
• Mainframe data processing equipment
• Mainframe telephone systems
• GPS/GIS equipment
• Surveying equipment (electronic)
• Communications equipment (towers)
• Fuel storage tanks
• Service contracts administration
• License plates raw material
• Modular office systems
• Window treatments

Renee Shirley, senior purchasing agent, 515-239-1578

• Computers, desktop, laptop, servers,
software, and peripherals
• Software & accessories
• IT consultant services
• Handicapped windshield placards
• Rock salt
• Citations, titles, registration renewals

David Doolittle, purchasing agent, 515- 239-1374

• Commercial printing
• Drivers license/ID cards
• Printed forms
• Miscellaneous documents/forms
• Copiers and copier supplies
• Fax machines and supplies
• Engineering supplies
• Graphic and printing supplies
• Copier, printing and engineering paper
• Micrographic equipment and supplies
• Projection equipment and supplies

• Televisions, video equipment and supplies
• Photographic, cameras and supplies
• Janitorial supplies and trash bags
• Packaging supplies
• Housekeeping machines and supplies
• Drafting equipment and supplies
• Publication and Prerecorded tapes
• Office machines (small)
• Office supplies and accessories
• Transportation map
• Engraving

Jerry Giebelstein, senior purchasing agent, 515- 239-1347

• Automobiles, pickups, vans and light trucks
• Medium and heavy trucks
• Road maintenance equipment
• Mowing equipment, tractors and mowers
• Snow removal equipment
• Trailers, all sizes
• Power equipment
• Power tools (larger)
• Automotive test equipment
• Fabricated parts and metal items

Rhonda Ruark, purchasing agent, 515- 239-1285

• Highway road maintenance supplies
• Aggregate and calcium chloride
• Cement and fly ash, bituminous products,
and road oils
• LP gas
• Herbicides
• Traffic paint and reflectorizing spheres (paint beads)
• Traffic signals and supplies
• Guardrail, culverts and bridge railing
• Light poles, posts and fencing, steel aluminum, plywood, and fabricated wood items
• Sign shop supplies
• Lab equipment and supplies
• Survey (optical) and survey accessories
• Uniforms and clothing, protective apparel
• Weapons, ammo and related items
• Safety and environmental supplies

Jean Gustafson, purchasing agent, 515- 239-1173

• Repair parts and maintenance items (auto, truck, road and snow removal equipment, mowers)
• Parts and cutting edges for snow removal equipment
• Lubricants and fuel
• Tires and tubes
• Hardware items, electrical and general shop supplies
• Lamps, automotive and house
• Paint and brushes (house, industrial, auto)
• Sign sheeting and validation material
• Welding supplies and gases
• Shelving and material handling devices
• Communication equipment and parts for telephone and radios
• Small power and hand tools

Janice Halverson, office manager, 515-239-1429
Invoice payments and billing questions, Administrative Assistant

Laura Linduski, purchasing assistant, 515-239-1572
Web administrator, Internet applications and vendor applications

Julie Brown, purchasing assistant, 515-239-1310
Invoice payments and vendor applications

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