Budget Watch

Published 10:51 pm Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Here’s how some of your taxes were spent in recent city council action:

Arlington: $26,257 to The Northwest Gardener of Snohomish to install an irrigation system at the Quake Field baseball facility.

$363 to BIT LLC of Renton to send monthly utility bills to Arlington residents.

Edmonds: $395 to the Snohomish County American Red Cross for books and masks for lifeguards.

$6,778 to Puget Sound Energy of Bellevue for utilities at Yost Pool.

Monroe: $21,357 to Snohomish County Corrections of Everett for July jail billing.

$2,150 to NorthStar Chemical Inc. of Portland, Ore., for scrubber chemical.

$1,887 to the Monroe Monitor of Monroe for advertising.

Snohomish: $150 to Association of Washington Cities of Olympia for municipal budgeting seminar.

$103 to Everett Stamp Works of Everett for a plaque to recognize City Councilwoman Lya Badgley’s service. Badgley recently resigned to move to Singapore with her family.

$470 to McDaniel Do-it Center of Snohomish for parks repair supplies.