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The City of Des Moines considers a project to be a capital project if expenditures exceed $25,000 and have a useful life of over five years. Capital projects are often used to create new facilities …

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Des Moines is a mostly residential community that it situated along Puget Sound midway between Seattle and Tacoma in Washington state. The population as of July 1, 2022, was 32,408 and …

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