Here’s how some of your taxes were spent during recent city council and school board actions.
Arlington: $1.5 million to Northwest Construction of Bellevue for a new taxiway construction project at the airport. Federal grants will reimburse the city for 95 percent of the amount. The city’s eventual obligation is $77,215.
$145,869 to Braun Northwest of Chehalis for an emergency aid car.
$6,004 to Perteet Engineering of Everett for work on the update to the city’s transportation plan.
$172,729 to Ben-Ko-Matic of Portland, Ore.,for a street sweeper.
Edmonds: $204,779 to HDR Engineering of Omaha, Neb., for design of the replacement of one sewer lift station and the rebuilding of another.
Everett: $149 to Practical Risk Management of Irvine, Calif., for a subscription to the group’s online magazine for the legal department.
$2,296 to Church Nickerson Jansen Associates of Everett for consulting on stair replacements in city buildings.
$1,282 to pay employees in advance for travel costs incurred on city business.
Island County: $17,385 to Puget Sound Business Systems of Freeland for two copy machines.
$1,536 to Telecomm Labs of Seattle for monthly charge on a new four-year maintenance contract for the county’s phone system.
Lake Stevens: $3,301 to URS Corp. of Dallas, Texas, for work on the Lake Stevens critical areas update.
$6,992 to the state Department of Emergency Management for 2005 per capita costs.
$973 to Blumenthal Uniforms of Seattle for police uniforms.
$4,338 Perteet Engineering Inc. of Everett for a transportation plan update.
Marysville: $8,360 to Snohomish County PUD for utility work between April 2003 and July 2004.
$354 to Law Enforcement Equipment Distribution of Tacoma for a rifle sight.
$28,773 to Gray Harper Construction Inc. for work on the Carol’s Creek pump station.
$35,497 to Rodarte Construction Inc. of Auburn for the release of retained fees on the State Avenue trunk sewer project.
Mill Creek: $2,900 to the city of Everett for use of the city’s animal shelter for 2005-06.
Monroe: $1,305 to Allied Security of Seattle for a police department security system.
$115 to Cascade Animal Clinic of Monroe for euthanizing a stray cat.
$9,835 to Pacific Detroit Diesel-Allison, of Portland, Ore., for an athletic field grooming tool.
$2,556 to CoastWide Laboratories of Seattle for restroom supplies at parks.
Snohomish: $2,031 to Snohomish Auto Parts of Snohomish for repairing city vehicles.
$11,737 to the Snohomish County auditor for 2004 voter registration file maintenance.
$198 to Verizon Communications for police department phone system repair.
$151 to W&H Pacific of Bellevue for a new water line design on the OK Mill bridge.
Snohomish School District: $389.82 to Toys-R-Us for six booster seats for busing preschool and special education students.
$19,243.04 to Verizon Northwest for the monthly bill for all T1 data lines, B1 backup truck lines, Sonitrol security data lines and federally required phone lines for elevators.
Stanwood: $35 to Machinery Components of Seattle for a lawn mower blade.
$626 to Nextel Communications of Reston, Va., for cell phone service in January.
$5,429 to Pacific Rim Code Service for plan reviews and building inspections in January.
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