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Wednesday night the Everett City Council received a briefing on the first budget amendment of the year. The city is carrying forward millions of dollars that were unspent in 2017. Among the carryovers is a little more than half a million dollars from a share of the motor vehicle fuel tax from Washington State as […]

Editor’s Update 9:45 PM: Paul Gagnon, President of the Everett Firefighters Union responded when asked by MyEverettNews.com for his thoughts about this action by the city. They follow at the end of this article. On Wednesday Interim Everett Fire Chief Tim Key was asked to explain to the Everett City Council budget committee the amount […]

Editor’s Note: We’ve been covering the Safe Streets Initiative since its inception a couple of years ago. As part of that coverage we want to present to you the discussion of costs about the project. Usually our articles are shorter with links to relevant documents but given the complexity of the subject we wanted to […]

How much should the City of Everett spend addressing street level issues including crime, mental health, homelessness, drug addiction and quality of life? That’s a question city leaders are trying to address as they begin work on the 2018 budget. One tool city council members plan to use is a review of how much money […]

There will be a public hearing on the proposed City of Everett budget tonight during the city council meeting. Here’s a look at the administration’s press release with Mayor Stephanson’s remarks from last week and links to the budget being proposed… Mayor Stephanson delivered his annual budget address, including an overview of his proposed 2017 […]

Tonight the Everett City Council will make several big financial decisions. The Council is expected to approve a request to reappropriate more than 13 million dollars to cover everything from bulletproof vests to sewage backup damages, a climate action plan to a two million dollar shortfall in B&O tax collections. In addition, Everett TV will […]