Both the regular and emergency medical services levy rates actually will go down some, to $2.272 per $1,000 valuation and .403 per $1,000 valuation. On a $300,000 home, the property tax would be $681 a year to the city and $121 a year for EMS.

Property taxes have remained relatively flat the past five years, going up citywide only about $500,000 to $15,848,063.

Residents will not have to vote on either measure in February because the levies are not increasing more than 1 percent. The EMS levy is $23,729 more, for a total of $2,345,803, but that’s right at the 1 percent window.

Meanwhile, the council did approve some additions to the budget, including:

•Four new positions, one position upgrade, additional training, carry over two projects and increased janitorial costs.

•Addition of a Small Equipment Shop and purchase of three new patrol cars.

•Purchase of cameras and weapons for new hires. This purchase is being offset by increased revenue associated with drug seizures.

•Purchase of computers and equipment for the New World dispatch system, along with overtime associated with that project.

•Increased utility costs, management fee and computer costs associated with Cedarcrest Golf Course management.

•Overtime expended to replace carpet in all city buildings.

Also, the council voted to raise its rates to Arlington and Lake Stevens for jail services. Police Chief Rick Smith said rates were low because they wanted to fill bed space, but now it is becoming overcrowded. Now, rates are being raised to be the same as the Snohomish County Jail in Everett. Bookings will go up from $42 to $115, boarding from $63 to $88 and transport from $42 to $62 a day.

Also, those cities also will no longer have guaranteed bed space.

“It’s never been a money-making business,” Smith said. “We never recover fully what it costs to run a jail.”

The jail often holds between 32 and 46 prisoners, but can legally hold up to 58.

Highlights of the third-quarter budget, as presented by finance director Sandy Langdon, were.

•Golf course revenues are up 18.5 percent under new management. However, costs also are up 10.3 percent due to improvements.

•Sales tax revenue is up 7.4 percent.

•Construction permits are down 23 percent. “Those come and go rapidly. We never know,” Langdon said. “We can have a run on them or they can sit around for three years before construction starts.”

•Fines and forfeits are down 2 percent, mostly due to fewer traffic infractions and misdemeanors.

•The budget for the council is up 29.5 percent, mostly due to travel to the nation’s capitol to meet with lawmakers. “That’s paid off in transportation money that we’ve received,” Langdon said.

•Legal services are up 39 percent. Langdon said that’s not because the city now has its own department. That has remained budget neutral. The reason for the increase is court cases requiring public defenders to spend more time with clients.

•Parks costs are up 14.5 percent, mostly because of repairs at Baxter Community Center.

•Library costs are down 44.3 percent, due to its transfer to Sno-Isle.

•Public Safety Building costs are up 28 percent because of a jail study and electrical and heating repairs.

In other council news:

•Services awards were given to Tony Newman for 30 years and Lois Geise for 20 years with the city.

•Members of the utility billing department were honored as employees of the month for extra work done during a recent upgrade.

•An award was given to the city finance department.

•The city received an upgrade in its bond rating.

•Between Dec. 2-4 from 3-7 p.m. firefighters will be taking Santa around town to get donations for the Marysville Food Bank.

•It will take about two months to clean up the golf course in the wake of the recent windstorm.

•Donna Wright said the council needs to respond to a request from the Marysville Historical Society for $50,000 to help finish the new museum.

•To partner with Arlington and pay $15,000 each for the Arlington-Marysville Manufacturing Industrial Center market study.

•No E-vaping signs are going up in city parks.

•620 people have signed up to play basketball with the recreation department.

•With Sno-Isle now running the library, is a library board needed?