MARYSVILLE – The City Council passed its Annual Action Plan Monday night to help fund projects related to affordable housing, the homeless, special needs and community development.

Almost 20 percent of the $334,000 goes to the city for planning and administration, or $66,000.

The top recipient of the Community Development Block Grant money is the city’s Public Works Department, with $86,000 for crosswalk improvements.

Homage Senior Services is next with $81,000 for minor home repairs.

Upgrades to the Marysville Boys and Girls Club was next with $51,000.

Others receiving funding are: Marysville Food Bank for its Backpack Program, $17,500; Housing Hope for its Beachwood Apartments for low-income folks, $13,891; Homage for its Meals on Wheels program, $12,000; and Catholic Community Services for its Volunteer Chore Services, $6,609.

Overall the programs help people stay in their homes, help the homeless find housing, and provide or improve facilities used by low-income people.

In other council meeting news:

•City workers attended to tell staff no one had contacted them regarding their contract that expired Jan. 1. At the previous meeting their union had asked the city to resume negotiations.

•Police Chief Rick Smith said five people on the streets have expressed interest in getting help when the city’s embedded social worker program begins. He also said, regarding the recent school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that MPD officers always “put ourselves in harm’s way.” He and Fire Chief Martin McFalls agreed that medics also go in under police protection to try to save lives.

•The Public Works Department was praised for its work during the recent slick roads.

•McFalls said the recent State of the City address by Mayor Jon Nehring at the Opera House went well and will continue as an annual event.

•Planning director Dave Koenig said the development community is excited about an airport coming to Everett at Paine Field. He said it’s helping in marketing the Arlington-Marysville Manufacturing Industrial Center. He also said the city could come under pressure from Snohomish County to grow in the future because, “We have land near our borders for growth,” while other towns don’t.

•Following up on that, Councilman Mark James said the county’s population is expected to double by 2050. “We should set the groundwork now,” he said.

•The council OK’d donating surplus vehicles to the state Criminal Justice Training Commission. It was the first time for that to happen as Smith said it will develop goodwill between the two entities, which could help the city later in getting help from the academy.

•The council approved a request by Smith to have Whatcom County again help transport jail inmates. Whatcom used to do that, but it was stopped when the county started charging less. Now that the county again is charging more, the relationship was revived.

•The council learned about an agreement with Lake Stevens to build a compact roundabout at Soper Hill Road and 83rd Avenue NE. The project would be constructed by fall for $1.8 million. The council OK’d spending $176,174 for engineer work. Public Works Director Kevin Nielsen said developer impact fees will be recalculated to build a similar roundabout just four blocks east at 87th, where a Lowe’s is expected to eventually be built.

•The council OK’d a grant for the Ken Baxter Community Center that would help recoup some labor costs in exchange for providing data about seniors.

•Since public money can’t be spent on the embedded social worker program, the council OK’d receiving a $7,500 grant from the county for startup funds to be put in a flex fund.

•The council approved an agreement that establishes a pact with Gardner Bay Consulting, LLC to provide services for the sale and lease of city-owned properties along the Ebey Slough waterfront, east and west of State Avenue.

•The council passed a resolution adopting an update in the city’s Public Record Act, including a fee schedule.

•State law allows the city to impose a .2 percent credit against state sales and use tax for annexation populations of at least 20,000 to assist with funding the costs of a newly annexed area, Central Marysville, for 10 years. The credit is funded from the state’s portion of sales and use tax (6.5 percent). The city estimates the projected cost to be at least $13,148,159 to provide municipal services to the annexation area, which exceeds the projected general revenue of $8,312,609 that the city would otherwise receive from that area. So the city qualifies for the estimated 2018 retail sales of almost $2.33 million because of that shortfall.

•Brad Thompson was reappointed to the Civil Service Commission.