Marysville opens books on spending and budget

Published 9:03 pm Monday, February 1, 2016

MARYSVILLE — The city of Marysville has launched websites that will let people track city spending and budgeting.

The new Open Budget and Open Checkbook sites allow users to click through and see how much money is going into and out of each department, often down to subdepartments and specific projects. A separate portion of the site tracks the city’s capital investment plan.

The contract with Socrata cost $15,750, which includes the first year of service, city spokeswoman Bronlea Mishler said.

The city contracted with Seattle software company Socrata to build the sites. All the services can be accessed from marysvillewa.gov/123/finance.