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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, September 20, 2007 Budget Watch Here's how some of your tax money was spent in recent city council action: Marysville: $44,077 to Tyler Technologies, Inc. of Dallas, Texas, for one year of support for the city's financial software program. $40,000 to Blue Marble Environmental LLC to help the city start a food-waste composting program for businesses. $24,085 in hotel-motel tax grant money to community organizations for tourism and business promotion. Monroe: $3,258 to Okanogan County jail for July jail billing. $15,146 to SNOPAC, an emergency dispatch center, for September dispatch services. $336 to Puget Sound Energy for natural gas. Mukilteo: $853 to Coastwide Laboratories of Wilsonville, Ore., for cleaning supplies. $1,096 to Life Assist Inc. of Rancho Cordova, Calif., for emergency medical services supplies. Snohomish: $1,000 to the Snohomish Senior Center for monthly operation fee. $599 to the Seattle Police Department for a ballistic vest. $1,418 to Steward and Associates of Snohomish for a critical-area environmental review.

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