Budget watch

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

Arlington $502 to Bel-Aire Heating of Bellingham for improvements at City Hall.

$27,670 to Vic Associates of Bothell for construction management of the new police station.

$474,965 to CDK Construction Services of Duvall for building the new police station.

Edmonds: $14,000 for a contract with lobbyist Mike Doubleday for the period of Dec. 1, 2004, to Dec. 31, 2005.

Everett: $2,976 to Preston Gates Ellis LLP of Seattle for legal services on possible additional adult-retail business regulations, part of $7,388 the city has spent this year for outside legal counsel on the issue.

$812 to Pitney Bowes of Seattle for mail-machine rental for the city clerk’s office.

$295 to Book Wholesalers Inc., for books, videos and DVDs for the library.

$528 to Technology Express of Bothell for a scanner and laptop battery for the legal and transportation services departments.

$82 to the Everett Clinic in Everett for a job placement physical exam for a new employee.

Lake Stevens: $21,169 to Snohomish County PUD for electrical service.

$419 to the Snohomish County treasurer for crime victim funds.

$37,645 to the Bank of New York in New York City for debt service on 1992 sewer bonds.

$5,494 to URS Corp. of Dallas for work on the Lake Stevens Critical Areas update.

$1,618 to Verizon Northwest in Inglewood, Calif., for telephone service.

Marysville: $118,515 to KPFF Consulting Engineers of Seattle for professional services on a construction project on State Avenue from 136th Street NE to 152nd Street NE.

$8,299 to Perteet Engineering of Everett for a race-day transportation plan for the proposed NASCAR track.

$11,395 to Pro Team Janitorial of Edmonds for janitorial services.

$1,353 to Reid Middleton Inc. of Edmonds for professional services on the northwest water main transmission project.

Monroe: $2,592 to Kesselring’s of Burlington for ammunition for police firearms.

$125 to LexisNexis for online searches for police work.

$4,069 to Snohomish County Fire District 3 for vehicle maintenance.

$2,141 to North Star Chemical of Portland, Ore., for scrubber chemical at the wastewater treatment plant.

Snohomish: $667 to Earth Consultants Inc. of Bellevue for technical plans review for the city’s new visitors information center.

$55,898 to Misich Addition of Snohomish for upsizing a sewer trunk line.

$4,641 to Northshore Paving Inc. of Bothell for paving an alley at 143 State Ave.

Stanwood: $300 to the city of Everett for animal shelter services.

$2,250 to Dr. Herbert Marra of Vaughn for pre-employment psychological exams.