Budget watch

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, February 23, 2005

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

Arlington: $1.5 million to Northwest Construction of Bellevue for a new taxiway construction project at the airport. Federal grants will reimburse the city for 95 percent of the amount. The city’s eventual obligation is $77,215.

$145,869 to Braun Northwest of Chehalis for an emergency aid car.

$6,004 to Perteet Engineering of Everett for work on the update to the city’s transportation plan.

$172,729 to Ben-Ko-Matic of Portland, Ore.,for a street sweeper.

Edmonds: $204,779 to HDR Engineering of Omaha, Neb., for design of the replacement of one sewer lift station and the rebuilding of another.

Everett: $149 to Practical Risk Management of Irvine, Calif., for a subscription to the group’s online magazine for the legal department.

$2,296 to Church Nickerson Jansen Associates of Everett for consulting on stair replacements in city buildings.

$1,282 to pay employees in advance for travel costs incurred on city business.

Island County: $17,385 to Puget Sound Business Systems of Freeland for two copy machines.

$1,536 to Telecomm Labs of Seattle for monthly charge on a new four-year maintenance contract for the county’s phone system.

Lake Stevens: $3,301 to URS Corp. of Dallas, Texas, for work on the Lake Stevens critical areas update.

$6,992 to the state Department of Emergency Management for 2005 per capita costs.

$973 to Blumenthal Uniforms of Seattle for police uniforms.

$4,338 Perteet Engineering Inc. of Everett for a transportation plan update.

Marysville: $8,360 to Snohomish County PUD for utility work between April 2003 and July 2004.

$354 to Law Enforcement Equipment Distribution of Tacoma for a rifle sight.

$28,773 to Gray Harper Construction Inc. for work on the Carol’s Creek pump station.

$35,497 to Rodarte Construction Inc. of Auburn for the release of retained fees on the State Avenue trunk sewer project.

Mill Creek: $2,900 to the city of Everett for use of the city’s animal shelter for 2005-06.

Monroe: $1,305 to Allied Security of Seattle for a police department security system.

$115 to Cascade Animal Clinic of Monroe for euthanizing a stray cat.

$9,835 to Pacific Detroit Diesel-Allison, of Portland, Ore., for an athletic field grooming tool.

$2,556 to CoastWide Laboratories of Seattle for restroom supplies at parks.

Snohomish: $2,031 to Snohomish Auto Parts of Snohomish for repairing city vehicles.

$11,737 to the Snohomish County auditor for 2004 voter registration file maintenance.

$198 to Verizon Communications for police department phone system repair.

$151 to W&H Pacific of Bellevue for a new water line design on the OK Mill bridge.

Snohomish School District: $389.82 to Toys-R-Us for six booster seats for busing preschool and special education students.

$19,243.04 to Verizon Northwest for the monthly bill for all T1 data lines, B1 backup truck lines, Sonitrol security data lines and federally required phone lines for elevators.

Stanwood: $35 to Machinery Components of Seattle for a lawn mower blade.

$626 to Nextel Communications of Reston, Va., for cell phone service in January.

$5,429 to Pacific Rim Code Service for plan reviews and building inspections in January.