Budget Watch

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

Arlington: $100 to Grandview Community Center for rental of the hall for a city employee recognition program.

$859 to Hach Co. of Chicago for chemicals.

$1,975 to the state Department of Corrections for inmate work crew fees on city maintenance and construction projects.

$1,996 to Perteet Engineering of Everett for work on the 172nd Street NE interchange on I-5.

$10,370 to Prothman Co. of Seattle for personnel services.

$23,792 to Pacific Road and Bridge of Arlington for a fuel spill cleanup at the airport.

Darrington: $140 to Alpine Fire of Sedro-Woolley for annual inspection of fire extinguishers.

$452 to Aspect Consultants of Bainbridge Island for services to consolidate the town’s water rights.

$4,855 to the city of Arlington for building inspection and plan review services.

Edmonds: $587,385 to Blackwater Marine of Kirkland to build a 300-foot extension of the Willow Creek storm pipeline into Puget Sound to prevent clogging.

Everett: $508 to North End Truck Equipment of Marysville for a toolbox for a city truck.

$386 to Costco Wholesale of Lynnwood for a chair and bottled water for the fire department.

$319 to Welcome Communications of Everett for cellphone accessories for the telecommunications office.

$4,200 to Avid ID Systems of Norco, Calif., for disposable syringes for the animal control department.

$1,500 to James Seely of Washington, D.C., for a monthly fee for consulting and liaison work on military issues.

Island County: $345,261 to Van Rossen Construction of Everett for additions and renovations to existing buildings at Four Springs Lake Preserve on Camano Island.

$11,567, plus tax, to Washington Land Recycling of Mount Vernon for grinding and removal of brush and wood waste from the solid waste complex near Coupeville.

Lake Stevens: $2,619 to Unisource Corp. of Los Angeles for paper products.

$6,578 to Snohomish County Public Works for the annual service billing fee.

$1,431 to Verizon Northwest of Inglewood, Calif., for telephone service.

$145 to Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo., for a public works training conference.

$30,594 to the Lake Stevens Sewer District for sewer services.

Marysville: $60 to Edge Analytical Inc. of Burlington for water quality testing.

$3,888 to Petrocard Systems Inc. of Seattle for fuel.

Monroe: $1,466 to Bellweather Tree Service of Monroe for removing trees and debris.

$1,345 to Les Schwab Warehouse of Monroe for tires for a police patrol vehicle.

$2,000 to the Monroe Arts Council for the River of Life Mural to promote tourism.

Snohomish: $1,017 to Snohomish County Fire District 4 for an emergency medical service levy for the September primary election.

$438 to the state Auditor’s Office for the city’s audit in 2003.