Here’s a look at the vendors that received more than $100,000 in payments from the city in 2008. The entire list of 1,815 vendors can be viewed at LJWorld.com. The story is on page 1A.

1. Kansas State Treasurer: $16,778,843 for city bond payments.

2. The Depository Trust Co.: $10,678,876 for city note payments.

3. FSB Payroll taxes: $9,493,266

4. CAS Construction: $8,177,450 for construction at the Clinton Water Treatment Plant.

5. Blue Cross and Blue Shield: $8,177,450

6. Kansas Police & Fire Retirement Fund: $4,049,852

7. Kansas Department of Health and Environment: $5,858,068 for principal and interest payments on state loans for various expansions and projects related to the water and sewer plants.

8. Central Maintenance Fund: $3,368,240

9. Lawrence Public Library: $3,067,312

10. MV Transportation: $2,675,125 for contract to operate the city’s bus system.

11. Westar Energy: $2,575,999

12. LRM Industries: $2,569,664

13. Kansas Public Employees Retirement: $2,471,988

14. McAninch Corp.: $2,001,473 for construction of West Baldwin Creek sanitary sewer project.

15. Kansas Withholding Tax: $1,878,748

16. RD Johnson Excavating Co.: $1,625,496

17. Hamm Quarry Inc.: $1,581,916

18. Visa: $1,547,974

19. Douglas County: $1,539,462 for various shared expenses such as prisoner costs at the Douglas County jail, and emergency dispatching services.

20. Landmark Structures LP: $1,533,263 for construction of the Stoneridge water tower.

21. Douglas County Treasurer: $1,475,091

22. Diversified Investment Advisor: $1,316,494

23. Metrak Services LLC: $1,264,721 for prescription services for the city’s health insurance plan.

24. Carter Energy Corp.: $1,194,779 for gasoline and diesel fuel.

25. Kansas Heavy Construction LLC: $1,007,241

26. Kansas Department of Transportation: $995,626

27. Black & Veatch: $978,297 for various engineering services.

28. GSR Construction: $693,900.

29. Destination Management Inc.: $682,242 for providing convention and visitors bureau services to the community.

30. Lawrence-Douglas County Health Dept.: $653,140

31. Roy Conley & Co.: $583,868

32. Asphalt Improvement Co.: $555,107.

33. ASI: $540,772

34. Aquila Networks: $534,544

35. Walters Morgan Construction Inc. $484,404

36. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas: $424,201

37. City of Lawrence: $401,886

38. Burns & McDonnell Engineering: $382,850

39. I-Con Underground: $306,398

40. Ballou Construction: $295,097

41. Tenants to Homeowners Inc.: $294,335

42. Gilliland & Hayes, PA: $293,868 for city attorney services.

43. Meadows Construction Inc.: $291,814

44. Shawnee Mission Ford: $283,179 to the out-of-town car company that often wins the bid for Lawrence police cars.

45. Lawrence Humane Society: $267,020

46. Kansas Water Office: $255,569 for water rights at Clinton Lake.

47. DPC Industries Inc.: $244,536

48. Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence: $244,536

49. Mississippi Lime Co.: $233,218

50. Chaney Inc.: $232,979 to the Lawrence-based plumbing and heating and air-conditioning company.

51. Missouri Pavement Maintenance: $226,500.

52. Business Health Center: $223,038

53. Lawrence Chamber of Commerce: $213,246

54. Water Protection Fee: $202,579 for the state clean water fee that is paid by water users as part of their monthly bills. The city pays the money to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

55. Marsh McBirney/Hach Co.: $201,300.

56. Lawrence-Douglas County Bioscience Authority: $200,000.

57. Professional Engineering: $195,864.

58. Water Products Inc.: $192,380

59. Consolidated Energy Co.: $191,970

60. Central Salt LLC: $191,406

61. Laird Noller Motors: $190,725 to the Lawrence-based Ford dealership.

62. Key Equipment and Supply Co.: $190,485

63. BG Consultants: $189,991 for various engineering services.

64. Penny Construction Co.: $189,359

65. Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management: $188,575

66. JF McGivern Inc.: $184,211

67. SBC -Charges: $180,556 for the data lines that connect city facilities.

68. GS Robins and Co.: $179,404

69. Midwest Meter Inc.: $179,161

70. Lawrence-Douglas Housing Authority: $178,636

71. 9-10 LC: $171,158

72. Bert Nash Mental Health Center: $171,000

72. Kansas Truck and Equipment Co.: $165,915

73. Lawrence Journal-World: $161,624

74. Meter Deposit Refunds: $157,038

75. Gades Sales Co.: $153,969

76. TFM Comm. Inc.: $152,713

77. Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.: $150,101

78. Hick’s Classic Concrete: $148,440

79. Nextel Communications: $147,189. The city also has cell phone accounts with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T.

80. Cal Pacific Carbon LLC: $144,344

81. Vito’s Plumbing: $144,322

82. AB Data LTD: $144,142

83. BA Green Construction Co.: $136,987

84. DCCCA Inc.: $135,101

85. Lawrence Arts Center: $133,352

86. American Equipment Co.: $126,819

87. Mayer Specialty Services: $126,648

88. Retail sales for water sold: $124,862

89. Superior Electric Co.: $119,268

90. Peridian Group: $118,571 to the company owned by newly elected City Commissioner Lance Johnson.

91. Riverfront, LLC: $118,159

92. Logic Inc.: $116,571

93: Penny’s Concrete Inc.: $108,076

94. Microtech Computers: $103,445 to the Lawrence-based company that manufactures many of the computers the city uses.

95. Nutri Ject Systems Inc.: $101,822

96. Berkeley Plaza Inc.: $100,734.