Budget Watch

Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Here’s how some of your taxes were spent during recent city council and school board actions.

Arlington: $12,160 to Machinery Power and Equipment of Tacoma for a portable, towable air compressor with a jack hammer.

$10,489 to Bailey, Duskin, Peiffle and Canfield of Arlington for attorney fees provided by Steve Peiffle.

$3,529 to Nextel of Reston, Va., for cellphones and communications-related charges.

Edmonds: $42,038 to HDR Engineering Inc. of Bellevue to provide a preliminary design, concept drawings, cost estimates, engineering evaluation, development of alternatives and a recommendation of a preferred alternative for the integration and rehabilitation of the city’s lift stations Nos. 7 and 8.

Everett: $2,000 to Ross Industries Inc. of Liberty, N.Y., for junior fire marshal stickers for the fire department.

$708 to Ornamental Stone of Allyn for four large concrete flower planters for the parks department.

$270 to Port Chatham Smoked Seafoods of Everett for 200 2-ounce packages of smoked salmon to be used by the economic development department to promote the city at trade shows

Island County: $1.15 million to the state Department of Social and Health Services for an alcohol and substance abuse treatment and prevention program.

$8,575 to Signal Services of Seattle for installation of panic alarms in county buildings that handle large amounts of cash.

$7,173 to Consolidated Food Management of Mercer Island for food service at the county jail.

Lake Stevens: $4,895 to Snohomish County Police and Auxiliary Services for dispatch services in April.

$17,315 to Snohomish County PUD for electrical service.

$398 to Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., for occupational, safety and health training for two city employees.

Lynnwood: $68,795 to CTS Excavating Inc. of Arlington to repair local drainage problems in the city’s right-of-ways at three different locations: the 19700 block of 64th Avenue W., Scriber Lake Road and 198th Street SW, and 53rd Avenue W. and 208th Street SW.

Marysville: $358 to Thyssenkrupp Elevator Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., for elevator maintenance.

$1,277 to Nike USA Inc. of Dallas for golf balls, gloves and socks, and $351 for men’s golf shoes.

$612 to Overhead Door Co. of Everett for a rolling steel door.

$9,087 to Office Interiors Inc. of Everett for workstations for the Public Safety Building remodeling.

Monroe: $4,987 for Dell Marketing LP of Palatine, Ill., for the purchase of an e-mail server and domain controller.

$325 for EngSoft Solutions of Fairfax, Calif., for software support for the city’s water department.

Snohomish: $16 for DataQuest of Everett for pre-employment screening for police applicants. The company provides background information for city employment applicants.

$11,418 for the Snohomish County treasurer for March jail fees.

Stanwood: $254 to Fiserv Document Solutions of Brookfield, Wis., for business cards.

$9,972 to Snohomish County PUD for the city’s electric bill for March and April.

$390 to Debra Seabury for grant-writing services.