Budget Watch

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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

Arlington: $10,846 to Arlington law firm Bailey, Duskin, Peiffel &Canfield for monthly legal services.

$50,616 to the Department of Revenue in Olympia for airport leasehold tax for July, August and September.

$65.86 to Councilman Graham Smith for mileage.

$636 to Newman Traffic Signs of Jamestown, N.D., for disc golf signs.

Edmonds: $45,081 to Harbor Pacific Contractors of Woodinville for improvements to screening devices at the city sewage treatment plant.

Everett: $24,327 to Christie Law Group of Seattle for legal services for Harvey vs. Everett, a wrongful death lawsuit that resulted in a $500,000 settlement.

$2,825 to Austria-based Glock Inc. for various gun parts.

$65,000 to the city of Tacoma for a regional water supply outlook and water resource management strategy.

Lake Stevens: $72.42 to the Washington State Department of Printing in Olympia for a current storm-water management regulations manual.

$35.29 to Trophies and Awards Unlimited of Everett for five police badges for new officers.

$1,942.85 to T-Mobile of Cincinnati for wireless communication services.

Marysville: $1,553.72 to East Jordan Iron Works of Detroit for eight manhole covers.

$49.44 to Gall Inc. of Louisville, Ky., for 1,000 feet of police tape.

$615,427.62 to Marshbank Construction of Lake Stevens for the 116th Street to 136th Street project.

Monroe: $14,981 to Snohomish County Corrections of Everett for August jail fees.

$1,738 to Straight Line Striping Inc. of Bothell for City Hall curbing.

$1,222 to Utilities Services Inc. of Snohomish for shower pump repair.

Snohomish: $7,449 to Iron Mountain Quarry of Granite Falls for crushed rock for ditches and alleys.

$417 to Monroe Heating &Refrigeration of Snohomish for repairing air conditioning at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

$22,318 to the Snohomish County Treasurer of Everett for August jail booking fees.