Budget Watch

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

Arlington: $1,091 to Cuz Concrete of Arlington for work on the city’s new skatepark.

$495 to the Civil Air Patrol for communications and postage.

$1,763 to Davis Door Service of Seattle for repairing the bay doors at Fire Station 47.

$8,289 to Penway Limited of Arlington for mail, sorting and delivery of the city’s parks and recreation newsletter.

Everett: $3,141 to Quality Air Inc. of Snohomish for repairs to the city’s animal crematorium.

$35,110 to John Deere Co. for a fairway mower.

$7,140 to the Washington State Softball Umpires Association for softball league games.

$1,478 to Roy Holman of Everett for classes in gentle yoga and meditation.

$1,172 to Anderson Service Company of Lake Stevens for 10 liters of “Ponder” for pond treatment at Legion Golf Course.

Lake Stevens: $2,800 to Bush’s of Arlington for landscaping at the new police station.

$4,352 to Bank and Office Interiors of Seattle for office furniture for the new police station.

$722 to Evergreen On Site of Lake Stevens for dirt for the new police station.

$782 to Elite Lock &Safe of Monroe for locks and security hardware for the new police station.

$2,861 to Joco Construction Inc. of Everett for concrete and other work at the new police station.

Marysville: $2,415 to Western Graphics Inc. of Tukwila for patrol car graphics.

$14,703 to Tetra Tech-KCM Inc. of Seattle for ongoing work on the wastewater treatment plant upgrade.

$3,400 to Vance Odell of Everett for public defender services.

$1,899 to Marysville Printing for printing the city’s comprehensive plan.

$8,622 to the Chelan County Treasurer for prisoner housing.

Snohomish: $917 to Loren Waxler of Everett for public defender contract for April.

$275,974 to Washington State Department of Ecology of Olympia for first-half loan payment of waste water treatment plant.

$7,000 to attorney Lynne Masters of Yakima for consultation about cable television franchise.

Stanwood: $488 to Bowman Metal Works of Custer for heating system maintenance in April.

$1,253 to Emergency Medical Product of Waukesha, Wisc., for medical supplies in April.

$1,309 to Native Grounds Landscape of Tulalip for work on a sprinkler at Heritage Park.

$1,626 to Sno-Isle Regional Libraries for design work on a potential new civic campus with a library, city hall and police station.

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