Here’s how some of your taxes were spent during recent city council and school board actions.
Everett: $2,859 to Kemp West Inc. of Snohomish for cutting and making wood chips out of trees for the parks department.
$158 to Wetlands &Woodlands of Everett for plants for the parks department.
$3,687 to The Herald of Everett for ads, including help wanted and legal notices.
$59 to Crown Image of Everett for film developing and film for various departments.
Lake Stevens: $16,090 to CHS Engineers LLC of Bellevue for engineering services on a variety of projects.
$3,795 to Marysville from municipal court citations filed.
$675 to Day Wireless Systems of Wenatchee for repair of a radar gun.
$380 to Galls Inc. of Carlsbad, Calif., for a spike system for the police department.
$866 to Electronic Business Machines of Mukilteo for quarterly maintenance of copy machines.
Lynnwood: $340,000 to WCHS Healthcare of San Diego in settlement of a lawsuit by the company against the city for delays in the opening a methodone clinic in the city.
$9,600 toward the city’s $26,000 share of the joint recycling coordinator position it funds with Edmonds for 2005. The remainder of the city’s share comes from a state grant.
$1,105 to the city finance director to attend the Government Finance Officers Association winter committee meetings in Washington, D.C., in January and the association’s annual conference in June.
$2,675 to two fire department officers to attend the Firehouse World Exposition and Conference in San Diego Jan. 31-Feb. 4.
$39,996 to buy independent power systems for the city’s traffic lights to allow them to operate for up to one hour following a power loss.
$35,000 for a change order on a $180,000 fiber optic project connecting traffic lights near Alderwood mall with the master controller at City Hall.
Marysville: $868 to Can Am Fabrications of Marysville for repair of a backhoe bucket.
$69,656 to CNR Inc. of Tacoma for the first half of the city’s new phone system.
$620 to Co-Op Supply of Marysville for extra coarse salt.
$1,079 to Dell Marketing of Chicago for computer equipment.
$2,978 to Everett Hydraulics Inc. of Everett to install a self-contained sander into another piece of heavy equipment.
Mill Creek: $60,000 to the law firm Zachor-Thomas for prosecuting attorney services for 2005 and 2006.
$56 per hour plus $560 per month vehicle allowance to the Prothman Co. to provide interim city manager services.
Monroe: $30 to Chinook Lumber of Monroe for installing a steam cleaner.
$404 to Cintas Corp. of Everett for uniforms.
$497 to Evergreen District Court of Monroe for interpreter fees.
Snohomish: $429 to Corporate Office Supplies of Arlington for supplies.
$15,140 to Earth Tech Inc. of Everett for water system plan update.
$168 to H.B. Jaeger of Snohomish for shovels and rakes.
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