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Everett City Council adopts rules, elects Stephanie Smith president and John Burley clerk

Everett School Committee and Everett City Council · January 6, 2026

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Summary

At its Jan. 5, 2026 organizational meeting at Everett High School, the Everett City Council adopted its 2025 rules for 2026 and unanimously elected Stephanie Smith as council president and John Burley as clerk of committees.

The Everett City Council held its organizational meeting on Jan. 5, 2026, and adopted the updated 2025 council rules as the initial rules for 2026 by an 11–0 roll-call vote.

Stephanie Smith was nominated and elected council president in a unanimous roll-call vote. In remarks after her election, Smith said she was proud to lead a council that, she said, includes the first-ever majority of women serving on the body and pledged to work collaboratively with the new mayor.

John Burley was nominated and elected clerk of committees for 2026–2027 by unanimous roll-call vote. President Smith then nominated councilors (Capone, Ween and Garcia) to serve as messengers to notify the mayor of the council’s organization; the motion carried and the council adjourned.

The council noted the meeting took place at Everett High School in the library and acknowledged the presence of the newly inaugurated mayor, Robert Van Campen.