Budget Watch

Here’s how some of your taxes were spent during recent City Council actions.

Everett: $730 to Potters Industries Inc. of Chicago for microscopic glass beads from to be mixed with traffic paint to make it reflective.

$158 to Oregon-based JD Pence Aquatic Supply Inc. for swimwear for lifeguards in the city parks department.

$934 to Edmonds Charter for a Northwest Trek bus trip for the senior center.

$86 to Disney Educational Products for DVDs for the library collection.

Lake Stevens: $2,163 to the state Department of Revenue for excise taxes.

$4,259 to Blumenthal Uniforms of Seattle for police uniforms.

$99 to Cuz Concrete Products Inc. of Arlington for a concrete catch basin.

$3,437 to the city of Marysville for housing jail inmates.

$3,898 to the Lake Stevens School District for fuel.

Lynnwood: $8,342 to Stouder General Construction LLC of Ferndale for installation of a handrail at the city sewage treatment plant.

$697 to city traffic signal technician Mike Thomas for certification training at the International Municipal Signal Association in Portland, Ore.

$1,599 for a police sergeant and three officers to attend a North American Motor Officers Association symposium May 12-14 in Hillsboro, Ore.

$1,606 for Municipal Court administrator Jill O’Cain to attend the National Association of Court Management annual conference July 10-14 in San Francisco.

$1,585 for probation officer Regina Mack to attend the a probation and parole 30th training institute July 24-27 in New York City.

Marysville: $928 to Alpine Refrigeration Systems of Everett for repair of a freezer.

$35,757 to the state Department of Revenue for sales and use taxes on the purchase of water, garbage service and items sold at the golf course pro shop.

$18,312 to the Chelan County treasurer in Wenatchee for housing inmates in the Chelan County Jail.

$3,248 to Dell Marketing of Chicago for six computers and monitors.

$213 to Day Wireless Systems of Milwaukee, Ore., for repair and calibration of a police radar unit.

Monroe: $512 to Business Telecom Products Inc. of Carnation for headphone equipment.

$6,857 to Dell Marketing LP of Palatine, Ill., for five new computers.

$67,991 to French Slough Flood Control District of Snohomish for an interlocal agreement.

$6,410 to Neu and Co. of Lakewood, Colo., for a city leadership workshop.

Snohomish: $5,445 to Art Unica Digital Media LLC of Seattle for a printer for the water department.

$974 to BOLA Architectural/Planning of Seattle for a Carnegie building rehabilitation assessment.

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