Budget Watch

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

Everett: $1,929 to Rubatino Refuse Removal Inc. of Everett for rental and disposal fees for a compost dumpster for the parks department.

$325 to Costco of Everett for Thomas guides for various departments.

$11,529 to Orchard Rite Ltd. of Yakima for six months rental of odor-control fans at the sewage ponds.

$140 to Kelley’s Carpet Care of Everett for carpet cleaning in the Forest Park Swim Center.

$3,090 to Winner International of Pittsburgh for anti-car-theft clubs for the police department to sell to residents.

Lake Stevens: $1,566 to Verizon Northwest of Inglewood, Calif., for telephone service.

$651 to URS Corp. of Seattle for a critical areas update.

$146,677 to the Bank of New York for debt service on bonds for the police station and sewer and general obligation bonds.

$4,823 to the Snohomish County Police and Auxiliary Services for dispatch services for November.

$385 to Snohomish County Human Services for liquor profits and excise taxes.

Marysville: $924 to Barron Heating and Air Conditioning of Bellingham for the first of eight billings for work at the Public Safety Building.

$312 to Carr’s Ace Hardware of Marysville for padlocks.

$4,406 to the city of Everett for laboratory analysis of samples from the wastewater treatment plant.

$478 to Bank of America in Marysville for travel expenses to a jail administration training.

$43,947 to Award Construction Inc. of Bellingham for ongoing work on the Edward Springs well rehabilitation project.

Monroe: $262 to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce for a dinner organized by the chamber.

$408 to Blumenthal Uniforms of Seattle for barrier tape.

$410 to The Everett Clinic for a pre-employment examination.

$390 to Hageman Service Inc. of Marysville for window washing.

Snohomish: $320 to the city of Everett for water quality testing in October and November.

$11,653 to Keithly, Weed &Graafstra Inc. of Snohomish for legal services in 2004.

$48 to Nextel Communications of Reston, Va., for city manager Larry Bauman’s cell phone.

$665 to The Herald of Everett for advertising City Council meeting agendas in November.