Budget Watch

Published 11:14 pm Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Here is how some of your taxes were spent in recent city council actions:

Arlington: $2,885 to DiJulio Displays, Inc. of Brier for flag holders on N. Olympic Avenue.

$96 to the Washington State Patrol in Olympia for background checks for residents applying for concealed weapons permits.

Everett: $66,718 to the law firm of Kirkpatrick &Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis of Seattle for legal work performed on the riverfront redevelopment project in August.

$108,333 to the Association of Attorneys for the Accused in Everett for legal defence in municipal court for people who cannot afford an attorney in October.

$1.05 million to of Lincoln City, Ore.-based Stallar J. Corp. to construct a 5 million water holding tank at the Everett water filtration plant.

Marysville: $321,360 to Gary Harper Construction Inc. of Redmond for improvements to the Edward Springs Well.

$27,983 to Otak of Kirkland for appraisal for the right-of-way for a new water main to be built west of 67th Avenue NE between 100th Street NE and 132nd Street NE.

Monroe: $1,406 to Wolfkill Feed and Fertilizer of Monroe for fertilizer.

$211 to NorthStar Chemical Inc. of Portland, Ore., for scrubber chemical.

$147 to LexisNexis, on-line database, for police investigations.

Mukilteo: $179 to Coastwide Laboratories of Seattle for cleaning supplies for the Rosehill Community Center.

$253,817 to Ohno Construction Co. of Seattle for first-phase construction at Lighthouse Park.

Snohomish: $460 to Copiers Northwest of Seattle for copier maintenance at City Hall.

$7,669 to Evergreen District Court of Monroe for court filling fees in September.

$1,620 to Loren Waxler of Everett for public defender fees in October.

Snohomish County: $4.6 million to Strider Construction Company of Bellingham to widen and repave 51st Avenue NE at 122nd Place NE near Marysville.