The Everett City Council, in their final meeting before summer recess, voted 8-2 to approve a $196,427,922 fiscal year 2019 operating budget for the City of Everett, and also approved by a 10-0 margin the $19,200,241 water and sewer enterprise…
Author: Joseph Domelowicz Jr.
Council Moves to Intercede in Neighborhood Business Complaint
About a dozen Villa Avenue residents attended the City Council meeting on Monday night to make the Council aware of a neighborhood problem that has dragged on for more than a year. Three of the neighborhood residents rose to speak…
Staying the Same:Council Elects No Changes to $76.68 Million School Dept Budget
The Everett School Committee and School Administration appeared before the Everett City Council Budget Committee of the Whole last week to discuss the School Department budget, as proposed by Mayor Carlo DeMaria and the administration. In the end, the Council…
Budget Hearings Begin with Questions, Few Cuts
The Everett City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Budget began its annual budget deliberations, meeting with department heads from 15 separate departments on Monday night, June 4. It was light fare on Monday as none of the City’s largest…
Eastern Salt Gets Trio of Permits for Former BSG Site
The Council got a bit salty on Tuesday, May 29, as they discussed licenses needed by Eastern Salt of Chelsea to locate a salt storage area on Rover Street in the industrial zone. The Everett City Council, recognizing the busy…
New City Department Gets Attention, New Price-Tag Draws Scrutiny from Council
Though the Committee of the Whole on Budget has not yet made any recommendations that would affect the proposed staffing levels in the budget, several councilors, including councilors Fred Capone and Michael McLaughlin, indicated that they have not yet decided…
School Committee Approves $76 Million Educational Budget for FY ’19
A new school budget approved by the School Committee will likely result in the cutting of 98 positions unless additional funding becomes available – despite the fact that the City has given over and above by more than $6 million…
Council Briefs
Trio of transfer and appropriation requests approved by Council The Everett City Council last week approved a transfer of $50,000 from the Budgetary Fund Balance (Free Cash) to the Treasurer/Collector’s account to pay for higher than anticipated credit card usage…
Revolution Ax Meets Informally with Licensing Board
Two of the owners of Revolution Ax and their attorney met this week with the Everett Licensing Board for a third time to informally discuss the business concept and the parameters for an application for a liquor license within the…
DeMaria Submits $196.6M Spending Plan to Council
The City dropped its $196.6 million budget proposal on the City Council Monday night, with some $81 million of that going to the School Department – the largest expenditure within the proposed City Budget. Everett Chief Financial Officer Eric Demas…