FY27 city budget
The Van Campen administration's first budget: department hearings, staffing and salary lines, and the council's June vote.
Everett City Council Budget Hearing (Schools) (Tuesday May 19, 2026)
At the Everett Public Schools FY27 budget hearing, Superintendent Hart and assistant superintendent Barrett presented the proposed school budget, explaining that enrollment decline, fixed costs, Chapter 70 losses, and rising special education and transportation costs were the main pressures. Councilors, including DiPierro, Martins, Capone, Pietrantonio, and Jabouin, questioned staffing changes, contract costs, paraprofessional pay, snow removal, and enrollment trends; Hart and Barrett said some positions were repurposed rather than eliminated and that no teachers would be laid off, though staffing may shift. The committee voted 2-0, with Chris Barrett and Anthony DiPierro voting yes, to give a favorable recommendation to adopt the school department budget as presented.
| Anthony DiPierro | Adopt the school department's budget as presented | yes |
| Chris Barrett | Adopt the school department's budget as presented | yes |
Everett School Committee (Tuesday April 28, 2026)
The committee opened a public hearing on the proposed FY27 school department budget, heard public testimony supporting staffing, special education, English learner services, and other district priorities, and received additional comments praising the budget as balanced and transparent. No one spoke against the proposal; the committee then voted to close the hearing and later referred the budget to the regular meeting.
| Robert Van Campen | Open the public hearing on item number 1 | yes |
| Robert Van Campen | Close the public hearing on item number 1 | yes |
Everett Ways and Means Committee (Monday April 13, 2026)
The committee debated the FY27 budget-related audit appropriation and repeatedly amended the outside-audit amount down from the original request, with Stephanie Smith, Katy Rogers, and Peter Pietrantonio voting to reduce it to $12,000 from $107,000. On the advertising account, Smith moved to strike the phrase "legally required," and the committee then approved favorable action to appropriate $40,000 to the advertising account, with Smith, Rogers, and Vivian Nguyen supporting it; Smith also voted no on favorable action for the $150,000 version and Pietrantonio abstained.
| Stephanie Smith | amend the amount to $107,000 | yes |
| Stephanie Smith | amend the amount from $107,000 to $12,000 to bring the account up to $110,000 | yes |
| Stephanie Smith | Reduce the amended audit appropriation from $107,000 to $12,000 | yes |
| Stephanie Smith | favorable action on the $150,000 | no |
| Stephanie Smith | motion to strike out the phrase 'legally required' in the order | yes |
| Stephanie Smith | favorable action to appropriate $40,000 to the advertising account | yes |
| Katy Rogers | amend the amount to $107,000 | yes |
| Katy Rogers | amend the amount from $107,000 to $12,000 to bring the account up to $110,000 | yes |
| Katy Rogers | Reduce the amended audit appropriation from $107,000 to $12,000 | yes |
| Katy Rogers | favorable action to appropriate $40,000 to the advertising account | yes |
| Peter Pietrantonio | amend the amount to $107,000 | yes |
| Peter Pietrantonio | amend the amount from $107,000 to $12,000 to bring the account up to $110,000 | yes |
| Peter Pietrantonio | Reduce the amended audit appropriation from $107,000 to $12,000 | yes |
| Peter Pietrantonio | favorable action on the $150,000 | abstain |
| Vivian Nguyen | to strike out the phrase 'legally required' in the order | yes |
Everett School Committee (Monday April 6, 2026)
The superintendent presented the proposed FY27 school department budget and asked that it be referred to the budget committee of the whole. No vote was recorded in the extracted data.
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