Budget Watch

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

Everett: $27,306 to Snohomish County PUD for electricity, including $13,590 for the city’s environmental laboratory, treatment plant and electric aerators, and $1,135 for the Everett Municipal Court.

$10,099 to Puget Sound Energy for a natural gas bill, including $4,579 for the city pool at Forest Park.

$2,407 to Rinker Materials of Everett for golf sand for the greens and fairways of the city’s two golf courses.

$224 to Giving Israel for belly dance instruction April 4-26.

Lake Stevens: $3,325 to Swanson Consulting Service of Bellevue for professional services regarding the union.

$23,717 to CNR Inc. of Tacoma for the purchase of a new telephone system for the police station and City Hall.

$4,516 to Urban Advisors LTD of Portland, Ore., for a project retainer on a downtown study.

$281,159 to William Scotsman of Baltimore, Md., for construction of the new police station.

$8,758 to Ruddell International of Seattle for Tasers for the police department.

Marysville: $12,167 to Tetra Tech-KCM Inc. of Seattle for ongoing work on the wastewater treatment plant upgrade.

$12,247 to Sonitrol of Portland, Ore., for installation of a fire alarm.

$2,832 to Snohomish County PUD for electrical service.

$178 to Roy Robinson Chevrolet of Marysville for a pump and reservoir.

$391 to Blumenthal Uniforms of Seattle for police uniforms and accessories.

Lynnwood: $513 for Assistant Fire Chief Tod Gates to attend the Executive Fire Officer Graduate Symposium at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md., June 1-3.

$6,275 for four staff members to attend the Government e-Management Solutions User Group Conference and Training in St. Louis June 8-11.

$10,000 to Appriss of Louisville, Ky., to participate in an electronic victim notification system with Snohomish County and Marysville.

$35,000 to David Evans and Associates of Portland, Ore., to analyze a proposed street grid system and issues associated with the City Center street plan.

$18,200 to the Edmonds School District to cover half the cost of resurfacing the track at Lynnwood High School.

$57,000 for repairs to the Humble House at the city’s Heritage Park.

Snohomish: $583 to the U.S. Postal Service for postage.

$4,006 to Ditch Witch of Eugene, Ore., for a pipe locator for the water department.

$14,143 to gun dealer John Rodabaugh of Snohomish for guns for police officers.

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