Everett council OKs adjustments to utility bill timelines

EVERETT — The Everett City Council voted Wednesday to adjust a law originally adopted in December that changed the amount of time residents had to pay utility bills.

In December 2025, Former council member Mary Fosse proposed an ordinance with the goal of giving residents more time to make utility payments. After amending it, the council approved the legislation — increasing the amount of time residents got to pay water bills and giving more time before residents are considered delinquent — with a 90-day delay before it went into effect. That delay was put into place to allow the city’s public works department to review the potential changes.

The December law gave residents 20 days to pay water and sewer bills and did not consider customers delinquent until 10 days after the due date. It also stated that a shut-off of service could not occur until a customer had been delinquent for at least 30 days.

The effect of that law would have meant an individual could not have their utilities shut off for nonpayment of bills until 60 days after a bill was initially issued. Before the law was approved, the earliest someone could have their water shut off was around 40 days after the ini

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