Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Budget Watch
Here’s how some of your tax dollars were spent in recent action by elected officials.
Arlington: $8,552 to Snohomish County Public Utility District for street lighting; $1,595 to the city of Everett for animal control; $3,452 to Arlington Hardware for supplies and repairs.
Everett: $57 to K & L Gates law firm of Seattle for adult entertainment legal services assessment; $300 to George the Giraffe & Friends for a one-hour puppet show; $38,879 to Fujitsu America Inc. for laptops and tablets.
Marysville: $77,250 to Waste Management Northwest of Bothell to recycle yard waste; $642 to Judd & Black of Everett for a dishwasher; $90 to Ace Acme Septic Services of Arlington to rent a portable toilet.
Mukilteo: $18,839 to Rubbersidewalks Inc. of Gardena, Calif., for Lighthouse Park additions.
Snohomish County: $56,000 in mitigation money from King County’s Brightwater wastewater treatment project to Douglas and Jacqueline Faulkner to buy about 5.4 acres of land for habitat in the headwaters of Little Bear Creek; $100,000 to Hendricks Bennett PLLC for a one-year contract to provide legal services in condemnation cases assigned to the county public works department.
Snohomish: $19,777.50 to Weed, Graafstra & Benson of Snohomish for legal services; $1,500 to HWA GeoSciences of Lynnwood for groundwater monitoring; $79.26 to Nextel Communications for the city manager’s monthly phone bill.
From Herald staff reports
Arlington: $8,552 to Snohomish County Public Utility District for street lighting; $1,595 to the city of Everett for animal control; $3,452 to Arlington Hardware for supplies and repairs.
Everett: $57 to K & L Gates law firm of Seattle for adult entertainment legal services assessment; $300 to George the Giraffe & Friends for a one-hour puppet show; $38,879 to Fujitsu America Inc. for laptops and tablets.
Marysville: $77,250 to Waste Management Northwest of Bothell to recycle yard waste; $642 to Judd & Black of Everett for a dishwasher; $90 to Ace Acme Septic Services of Arlington to rent a portable toilet.
Mukilteo: $18,839 to Rubbersidewalks Inc. of Gardena, Calif., for Lighthouse Park additions.
Snohomish County: $56,000 in mitigation money from King County’s Brightwater wastewater treatment project to Douglas and Jacqueline Faulkner to buy about 5.4 acres of land for habitat in the headwaters of Little Bear Creek; $100,000 to Hendricks Bennett PLLC for a one-year contract to provide legal services in condemnation cases assigned to the county public works department.
Snohomish: $19,777.50 to Weed, Graafstra & Benson of Snohomish for legal services; $1,500 to HWA GeoSciences of Lynnwood for groundwater monitoring; $79.26 to Nextel Communications for the city manager’s monthly phone bill.
From Herald staff reports
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