Budget Watch

Published 10:37 pm Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Here is how some of your tax money was spent in recent city council action.

Everett: $18,000 to Materials Testing &Consulting Inc.of Burlington for on-call hourly construction testing and inspection services for the Everett Animal Shelter.

$33,808 to PanGEO of Seattle for geotechnical services for construction for the Everett Animal Shelter.

$2.1 million to Perteet Inc. of Everett for construction and oversight work at Everett Riverfront project.

Monroe: $3,281 to Okanogan County Jail for jail billing.

$1,843 to the city of Everett for animal control services.

Snohomish: $111,250 to Allied Waste Services of Lynnwood for garbage and recycling charges for May.

$59.29 to Carl Chapman, the city’s lead waste water treatment plant operator, for mileage reimbursement for attending a class in Auburn.