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Everett council adopts 2025 budget amendment including $600,000 for multipurpose stadium
Summary
On April 16 the Everett City Council approved a 2025 revised city budget ordinance (council bill 2503‑22) that includes a $600,000 appropriation related to a proposed multipurpose stadium; the measure passed on third and final reading amid requests for further financial detail from some council members.
The Everett City Council on April 16 approved, on third and final reading, a revised 2025 appropriation ordinance that adds $600,000 for the proposed multipurpose stadium project as part of council bill 2503‑22.
Council member Ian Bader moved the ordinance; the motion was seconded and the clerk recorded a roll call with all present members voting yes. Council debate included requests for additional financial transparency: Council member Terry (surname in transcript) thanked staff for placing the stadium appropriation before the council as a distinct action and asked for more complete financial information and an operating plan as the project moves through the progressive design‑build process. City staff responded that the progressive design‑build procurement is intended to help scope and reduce costs and that fuller cost and funding details will be provided as the project advances.
Why it matters: The $600,000 appropriation is part of a larger stadium effort the council has discussed in prior meetings. Council members said they want to keep the AquaSox (the stadium tenant referenced in public remarks) in Everett but several asked for clearer financing, operating and acquisition plans before future funding ordinances.
Votes at a glance: The ordinance amending ordinance 4055‑24 (the 2025 budget) and adding the $600,000 stadium appropriation passed on third and final reading April 16 by recorded roll‑call vote with all present members voting yes.
Ending: Staff said they will return with additional funding ordinances, property acquisition steps and progressive design‑build procurements in May and June and will provide updated financial information as it becomes available.
