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Budget Watch

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Here’s how some of your taxes were spent during recent city council and school board actions.

Arlington: $1,400 to Correctional Industries of Olympia for demolition and asbestos testing at 120 W. Cox Ave.

$1,170 to Crest Northwest Construction of Gig Harbor for forming and pouring a new sidewalk section at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club.

$18,789 to the state Department of Transportation for the interchange design project at 172nd Street NE and I-5.

Edmonds: $32,670 to Cues West Inc. of Ontario, Calif., for a sewer inspection camera.

Everett: $980 to the American Bar in Chicago for membership dues for three lawyers in the city attorney’s office.

$2,847 to Visiting Nurse Services Northwest of Mountlake Terrace for nurse services at the Everett Senior Activity Center and mileage reimbursement.

$650 for petty cash for the Everett Senior Activity Center for items such as bird food and cat litter (for senior center pets), strawberries and party cake.

$245 to Aabco Barricade Co. Inc. of Mukilteo for traffic cone rental for the parks department.

$306 to Western Facilities Supply in Everett for body shampoo for parks department facilities.

Island County: $10,886 to Camano Senior Services Association of Camano Island for various senior services.

$15,445 to Steve Wirth of Burlington for noxious weed control.

Lake Stevens: $2,541 to Snohomish County Public Works Department for parts and labor to equip a new police car.

$1,789 to Verizon Northwest in Inglewood, Calif., for telephone service.

$153,564 to the Sno-Isle Regional Library System in Marysville for library services.

$8,109 to Snohomish County PUD for electrical service.

$151,291 to the Lake Stevens Sewer District for monthly sewer fees.

Lynnwood: $2.2 million to Wilder Construction of Everett for improvements to 44th Avenue W.

$758,983 to Watson Asphalt and Paving of Redmond for road repavings.

Mill Creek: 21,659 to Dimensional Communications of Mount Vernon to improve the audio system in the City Council chambers.

Monroe: $2,742 to Dell Marketing LP of Round Rock, Texas, for a computer directory server.

$42,965 to Signal Electric Inc. of Kent for a traffic signal at 154th Street SE and Fryelands Boulevard.

Snohomish: $1,727 to Corporate Office Supplies of Arlington for various office supplies, including copy paper.

$117,462 to Ohno Construction of Seattle for Riverfront Trail construction from Avenue D through Cady Park.

$3,396 to Top Soils Northwest Inc. of Snohomish for soil and play chips at parks.

Stanwood: $2,730 to Telenet Technologies of Bellingham for a phone system installation.

$92 to Stilly Auto Parts of Stanwood for auto paint supplies.

$599 to Kelly Temporary Services of Pasadena, Calif., for a temporary receptionist.

$74 to Mad’s Enterprises of Stanwood for light fixture repair at the library.