Everett mayor: 55 jobs could be affected by budget cuts

EVERETT — Fifty-five city positions could be affected by upcoming budget cuts, Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin said Wednesday in her budget address to the public and City Council.

The city would cut 31 of the positions via a mix of buyouts, eliminating unfilled positions, transfers to non-general government positions and layoffs. Twenty-four positions would see lesser effects, including reductions in hours and mandatory furloughs.

Departments facing reductions include city administration, City Council, legal, finance, facilities, code enforcement, police, communications and engagement, human resources, libraries, parks, economic development and emergency management, said city spokesperson Simone Tarver in an email Thursday.

The 2024 budget provided for 744.4 full time-equivalent positions in the city’s general government departments. That number would drop to 727.2 in the mayor’s proposed 2025 budget, with a total of 1,280 full time-equivalent employees citywide. It’s equivalent to 6.3 general government staff for every 1,000 residents, compared to 7.1 in 2014, Tarver said.

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