Budget Watch

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

Arlington: $2,700 to Grindline Skateparks of Seattle for work on the city’s new skate park.

$26,126 to Kansas State Bank for a new emergency vehicle.

$1,002 to Office Depot for office supplies.

Everett: $1,462 to Marshall Signs of Everett for signs and banners for the parks department.

$210 to Sound Business Forms of Seattle for invoice forms for the clerk’s office.

$51 to Sprague Pest Control of Tacoma for rodent elimination at the water pollution control facility.

$246 to Stan’s Radiator of Everett for a replacement radiator for a city-owned vehicle.

$4,981 to Wildfire Pacific Inc. of Portland, Ore., for an 18-horsepower portable pump for the fire department.

Island County: $83,247 to Motor Trucks Inc. of Everett for a new dump truck.

$96,579 to SRV Construction of Oak Harbor for ongoing construction work.

Marysville: $108,089 to Montgomery Watson Harza of Los Angeles for ongoing work on the Stillaguamish River water filtration plant.

$600 to NAYS of West Palm Beach, Fla., for fees for 30 youth soccer coaches.

$139 to Tees Please Inc. of Tucson, Ariz., for golf tees.

$1,177 to Territorial Supplies Inc. of Council, Idaho, for police badges.

$1,475 to the Washington state treasurer for forfeited property seized by police.

Monroe: $3,277 for Lakeside Industries of Monroe for repairs to a water main on Main Street.

$2,907 for Hughes Supply Inc. of Seattle for leak detection in a water line.

$350 for Hageman Service Inc. of Marysville for window cleaning at City Hall and the police department.

Snohomish: $1,446 for Stephen Ladd of Pacific for consultant’s work to rewrite the city code regarding land use issues.

$844 for the U.S. Postal Service for postage from July 9 to July 29.

$7,797 for the state Auditor’s Office for the 2003 Snohomish City audit.

$20,109 for Wilder Construction of Everett for the Avenue D storm drain and overlay project.

Stanwood: $644 to Kelly-Moore Paint Co. of Everett for fire hydrant paint.

$175,000 to Taylor’s Excavators of Stanwood for a partial payment for a sewer repair on 271st Street NW.

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