Sentence:  William Smythe , director of field service , <WSD>told</WSD> the commissioners that Multnomah , as of Aug. 22 , had spent $ 58918 out of its budgeted $ 66000 in the category , leaving only $ 7082 for the rest of the month . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  narrate or give a detailed account of