On the Record: a selection of government data

Published 6:49 pm Friday, February 24, 2012

Budget lines

Spending gleaned from government consent agendas all over Snohomish County.

Snohomish County Superior Court: Up to $15,000 for a mitigation specialist for Byron Scherf, who is charged with aggravated murder and is facing the death penalty.

City of Everett: $4,319 to Snap On Tools for a rolling tool cabinet.

City of Everett: $73 to Safeway for veggies for critters.

Snohomish County Fire District 3 in Monroe: $1,335 to reimburse two employees for health care costs they weren’t supposed to be charged.

City of Arlington: $262 to Sound Publishing (Arlington Times) for December legal notices.

City of Arlington: $42,382 to LX Construction of Arlington for a sewer line extension at the airport.

City of Snohomish: $997.22 to Sound Safety Products Co. of Everett for uniforms.

Consultations

Who is being paid what by whom, and what they found out.

Client: City of Snohomish

Firm: CH2M Hill of Seattle

Assignment: Submit to the Department of Ecology a plan and report about the pipeline from city’s wastewater treatment to Everett by summer of 2013.

Cost: $1,694,226

Damage Claims

Who is alleging harm and the reasons.

Agency: Snohomish County Jail

Claimant: Caroline Graves, employee

Asking: $147.41 for boots

Why: Dirty water soaked boots when a toilet overflowed and flooded the women’s locker room at the county jail on Oct. 29, 2011.

Agency: Snohomish County Jail

Claimant: Jean Moormeir, employee

Asking: $140

Why: Dirty water ruined a pair of shoes when a toilet overflowed and flooded the women’s locker room at the county jail on Oct. 29, 2011.

Agency: Snohomish County Jail

Claimant: Connie Fletcher, employee

Asking: $65.51

Why: Leather boots soaked when a toilet overflowed and flooded the women’s locker room at the county jail on Oct. 29, 2011.