MASON CITY – Listed below are a few expenses that stood out in this month’s check register released by the City of Mason City. Do you agree with these uses of your tax dollars?
**(Who was paid, reason, amount)**
Mason City Chamber of Commerce, annual dues: $150.00
Brent Trout, travel expenses: $1,319.10
MacNider Museum, credit card fees: $106.44
Rotary Club of Mason City, listed as “BLANCHARD DUES”: $170.00
NIACOG (North Iowa Area Council of Governments), 2014 dues: $20,216.88
See-Click-Fix, license renewal: $2,400.00
KIMT TV-3, for “457 improvements”: $650.00
Wal-Mart, for various supplies and items: $820.76
ADVERTISING EXPENSES:
– KXLT (Fox 47 Rochester): $1,584.00
– Fairway Outdoor Advertising: $1,120.00
– North Iowa Media Group (Globe Gazette) – $446.38
– KLSS: $500.00
– North Iowa Broadcasting Inc. (radio) – $100.00
