Budget Watch

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

Everett: $638 for paint removal by Labco in settlement of the Margaret Russell tort claim.

$2,983 to Bank &Office Interiors for a desk, cabinet and chair.

$164 to Cascade Coffee Inc. for coffee service.

Lynnwood: Up to $100,000 to Gray Osborne Inc. of Seattle for on-call engineering services for two years.

$45,223 for two Ford 500 SL sedans for the city vehicle fleet.

$1,384 for a staff member to attend the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association conference March 26-30 in Newport Beach, Calif.

Monroe: $4,720 to the city of Everett for the animal shelter billing.

$320 to Cintas Corp. of Everett for uniforms.

$1,732 to Dell Marketing LP of Palatine, Ill., for a laptop computer.

Snohomish: $30 to The Tribune of Snohomish for an annual subscription to the weekly newspaper.

$516 to the state Department of Natural Resources in Olympia for administrative fees for the Pilchuck River easement.

$917 to Walter Wagner of Everett for the public defender contract in December.