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On Wednesday February 15th the Everett City Council went into Executive Session at the end of their regular meeting to discuss what City Attorney David Hall said was a legal matter under RCW 42.30.110 (i) subsection (iii) which is linked here..   At the end of that Executive Session the Everett City Council voted unanimously […]

Today Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin issued a Mayoral Directive that she says works to the goal of addressing homelessness and supporting housing stability. The directive has three initiatives. You can see the complete text of the directive here and below is the breakout of the three initiatives. Initiative 1: implement the Rethink Housing engagement process […]

Everett, Washington Mayor Cassie Franklin issued the following statement Thursday afternoon: “This has been a tremendously difficult year for our city, our economy and our community. The global pandemic has completely changed our entire way of life, causing sickness and tragic loss of life, anxiety and uncertainty, and widespread economic damage. Our aviation and aerospace […]

On Thursday Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin was promoting a new City of Everett sponsored website called Everett for Everett that allows businesses to identify as places where people can shop while practicing social distancing. Some places featured on the website include airbrush tanning, hair removal and private pilates classes. There are also tire service offerings, […]

Earlier this week the City of Everett announced that Mayor Cassie Franklin would be attending the Paris Air Show. The following is from the City’s press release about the Mayor attending. “More than 38,000 women and men work in the aerospace industry here in Everett and Snohomish County, and our state is home to major […]

Here is the recap issued by the City of Everett communications department of the State of Everett address given by Mayor Cassie Franklin this morning. Mayor Cassie Franklin today delivered her State of Everett address to a sold-out crowd at the Economic Alliance Snohomish County’s annual event. Franklin provided an update on major 2018 accomplishments, including progress […]

After her election as Mayor of Everett in November, Cassie Franklin invited more than four dozen people to serve on a transition team to establish short and long term priorities for the city. A short term priority was one that would happen within the first 180 days in office while long term referred to priorities […]

Homelessness, addiction and mental illness are the top three items in Mayor Cassie Franklin’s fourth Mayoral Directive issued since taking office at the first of the month. In addition to increasing housing and shelter options, the directive’s initiatives include a focus on streamlining access to medication-assisted treatment for those on streets, developing partnerships to expand […]

An historic night at the Everett City Council as Everett’s first popularly elected female Mayor and Everett’s first female Africa American City Council member were sworn into office. While she actually was sworn into office officially on Monday, Cassie Franklin participated in a public ceremony in front of a packed city council chambers. Franklin then […]

On Monday Cassie Franklin was officially sworn into office as the first woman to win popular election to the position of Mayor of Everett in the city’s history. She will take a ceremonial oath of office tonight at the Everett City Council meeting. She will also make some introductory comments. Today the City of Everett […]