Remarks by Don Schwab
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“Okay. How about our city attorney? Good evening.”
“Thank you very much. All right, we'll go to consent items. We have four on the agenda one through four. Do I hear a motion in a second? So moved. Second, the motion. Motion and seconds have been made. Clerk, please take the roll.”
“Yes. Okay, moving on to proposed action item. Item number five, Council Bill 2609, batch 5-1, has been read into the record. Are there any questions or comments from Council? Council Member Ryan?”
“All right. No other questions? Okay. The third and final reading is October 14th.”
“Moving on to item number six, council bill 2609-50, third and final reading, adopt an ordinance creating a special improvement project entitled Walter E. Hall Playground Renovation Fund 354, program 111 and fund 148, program 29. to accumulate costs, project costs in the accumulation to the amount of $1.25 million or $1,250,000. Do I hear a motion? So move the motion. What about no seconds? Okay. Is there any questions or comments from council? Council member Bono.”
“Any other questions or comments, Council? Okay. A motion and second has been made on item number six. Clerk, please take the roll.”
“Yes. Item number seven. Authorize the mayor to sign the BNSF pipeline license number 24W-22081. Do I have a motion?”
“Is there questions or comments from council? Okay, seeing none. Clark, please take the floor.”
“Yes. Okay, we will now go into executive session. The current time is 7-12. The session will last five minutes with potential action to follow, and we will return at 7-19. Gives us travel.”
“Thank you. We're back from executive session and I will refer to our city attorney Ramsey Ramerman.”
“Motion and second's been made. Clerk, please take the vote.”
“Good afternoon, residents of Everett, Washington. I would like to call to order the Everett City Council meeting of September 23rd, 2026. For information on council meetings and how to participate, please visit our website at everettwad.gov slash city council. Please note, we don't allow comments of any kind of campaigning, whether for or against ballot measures or candidate running for office. We also do not accept comments focused on personal matters that are unrelated to city business. Clerk, will you please take the roll?”
“Here. And at this time, I'd like to ask Vice President Ryan to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
“Thank you. And this time I'd like to ask council members Arlingo to read the land acknowledgment.”
“Thank you. Good afternoon. I keep wanting to say evening. These afternoon meetings are like...”
“I will. And it is an honor before you. So welcome and welcome to not only the best fire department in the state, but also the best city. So I'm very honored to have you as part of our family. So I'd like to read our pledge. So do you solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the duties of firefighter with integrity, courage, and dedication? Do you pledge to serve your community, to protect lives and property, and to uphold the mission and values of the Everett Fire Department? Furthermore, will you respect the trust placed in you by the citizens and perform your duties to the best of…”
“Okay. Thank you very much. So on to old business. Do we hear a motion to approve the minutes for September 16th, 2026?”
“Second. Motion and second's been made. Clerk, please take the roll.”
“Yes. Now it's time for public comment, which includes written comment acknowledgement. Under our rules, written comments shall be considered in the same manner as oral comments. The person submitting comments must provide their name and state of residence. Written comments require this to be made part of the Council official records. Hello, Angie. Do we have any written comments and did anyone sign up to speak?”
“Okay, thank you very much. We'll go to council comments beginning with Council Member Bader.”
“No comment this week. Thank you. Councilman Weir.”
“Thank you. And for my comments, I had two neighborhood meetings, the View Ridge Madison and the Boulevard Bluffs Neighborhood Association meeting. I wanted to thank Jeff Parfait for organizing the chili feed. There were 100 plus people and I happened to be one of the judges, so I came well prepared and paid the price, but we made a good decision. One theme that I saw in both neighborhoods was there were new residents, mostly from like King County and Seattle, and they were very impressed and very thankful for finding a home here in Everett. It was a little more reasonable. And they really…”
“Okay, thank you. So we'll move to our consent items. We have six consent items. Do I have a motion?”
“Okay, motion and second's been made. Clerk, please take the vote.”
“Yes. Okay, we'll move to item number seven, Council Bill 2609-50. First reading, adopt an ordinance creating a special improvement project entitled Walter E. Hall Playground Renovation, Fund 354, Program 111, and Fund 1141. that's 141 lots of ones there and program 29 to accumulate project costs in the amount of 1 250 000 the third and final reading will be October 7 2026. do I have any Council comments or questions Okay we'll move on to our action item, which is number eight Council bill 2608 dash 49 third and final reading adopt an ordinance approving the appropriations of the 2026 revive…”