Budget Watch

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

Edmonds: $92 to AARD Pest Control, of Lynnwood, for rodent control services.

$108 to ARAMARK of Philadelphia for uniforms.

$491 to Postini Inc. of San Carlos, Calif., for Internet anti-virus and spam maintenance.

$4,000 to Patton Boggs LLP of Washington for lobbyist services for the month of September.

Marysville: $581,803 to Berger/Abam Engineers of Federal Way for preliminary engineering and environmental review work for a planned bridge over I-5 at 156th Street NE.

Monroe: $136 to Cadman Inc. of Snohomish for sidewalk rock.

$2,211 to Monroe Monitor of Monroe for advertising.

$375 to Hageman Service Inc. of Marysville for window cleaning.

Snohomish: $33 to City Councilman Doug Thorndike for a Snohomish County Cities dinner.

$282 to Alpine Products Inc. of Auburn for stop-slow traffic paddles and marking paint.

$423 to Elite Lock and Safe of Monroe for 36 locks.