Budget Watch

Published 10:37 pm Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Here is how some of your tax money was spent in recent city council actions:

Everett: $497,931 to TCM General Construction Inc. of Lakewood to renovate the exterior of the Everett Senior Activity Center.

$72,676 to Murray, Smith and Associates of Everett to build a ground water pump station next to a detention pond at Seventh Avenue SE and 106th Place SE. It’s the third groundwater pump station at the headwaters of North Creek.

$149,351 to Central Pre-Mix Prestress Co. of Spokane for 41st Street extension bridge deck slabs.

Edmonds: $4,000 to Patton Boggs LLP of Washington, D.C., for federal government lobbying services.

$280 to Steuber Distributing of Snohomish for greenhouse supplies.

$41 to Underwater Sports of Edmonds for diving fins and straps for the Edmonds Police Department.

$1,200 to Vanderveen Family Transport of Olympia for sludge hauling.

Monroe: $2,021 to the state Department of Transportation for a signal revision at the intersection of U.S. 2 and N. Kelsey Street.

$1,133 to NorthStar Chemical Inc. of Portland, Ore., for scrubber chemical.

Mukilteo: $77 to Thermo Fluids Inc. of Sumner for hazardous-waste disposal for the Mukilteo Public Works Department.

$8,712 to Tyler Technologies Inc. of Renton for finance computer software.

Snohomish: $22,027 to Snoho­mish County Treasurer for January jail booking fees.

$1,126 to U.S. Postal Service for postage from Jan. 2 to Feb. 4.