Council President Bruce Harrell has scheduled a Special City Council meeting for Tuesday, June 12, and will sponsor legislation that repeals the Employee Hours Tax Legislation. A City Council vote is expected to occur during the special meeting. The legislation will repeal Ordinance 125578, passed on May 14, 2018 and signed by the Mayor on...
Author: City Council News Releases (City Council News Releases)
Home » Archives for City Council News Releases » Page 41
Post
May 2, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Councilmember Herbold, Councilmember Mosqueda, Councilmember O'Brien, Gonzalez, Herbold, Mosqueda, News Releases, Obrien
Council Sponsors of Proposed Progressive Tax on Business Respond to Seattle “Construction Pause”
Councilmembers M. Lorena González, Lisa Herbold, Teresa Mosqueda and Mike O’Brien issued the following statement in response to the “construction pause” announced earlier today: “Collectively we – the primary sponsors of the business tax currently being discussed in Council – represent 750,000 people who call Seattle home. “Under our plan, called the Progressive Tax on...
Post
April 30, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez Recognizes National Day of Awareness for Missing Native American Women and Girls
Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Assets, Public Development and Native Communities Committee, and her Seattle City Council colleagues proclaim May 5 as the Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native American Women and Girls in the City of Seattle. The council recognized the National Day of Awareness...
Post
April 30, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Gonzalez, News Releases
Seattle City Council Confirms Lisa A. Judge as Seattle’s First Inspector General for Public Safety
Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), as Chair of the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans and Education committee, together with her City Council colleagues, voted 7-to-1 today to approve the appointment of Lisa A. Judge as the City of Seattle’s first Inspector General for Public Safety (IG) during its regularly scheduled Full Council...
Post
April 27, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Juarez, News Releases
Councilmember Juarez’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Medicaid Work Rules for Native Americans
‘Morally appalling, deliberately misleading’ Councilmember Debora Juarez (District 5, North Seattle), Chair of the Council’s Civic Assets, Public Development and Native Communities Committee, issued the following statement after a story published by Politico April 22 said the Trump administration contends tribes are a “…race rather than separate governments,” and exempting them from Medicaid work...
Post
April 26, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Johnson, Johnson, News Releases
Johnson Releases Draft Framework to Update the City’s Tree Ordinance
Councilmember Rob Johnson (District 4, Northeast Seattle) released a draft framework for updates to the City’s Tree Ordinance today, the first update in a decade, to proactively manage and steward Seattle’s urban forest. The framework will encourage more tree preservation and planting through incentives and fees. The framework would also gather better data by requiring...
Post
April 26, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember González, Gonzalez, News Releases
Seattle’s First Inspector General for Public Safety Confirmed
Monday’s Vote Will Formalize Nomination of Lisa A. Judge Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), as Chair of the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, New Americans and Education committee, together with her committee colleagues, voted unanimously in support of the nomination and appointment of Lisa A. Judge as the City of Seattle’s first Inspector...
Post
April 20, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Sawant, News Releases
Sawant Congratulates “Tax Amazon” Movement Urges Attendance at Monday’s City Council Public Hearing
SEATTLE – Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle) congratulated the Tax Amazon movement in Seattle for having put decisive pressure on the City Council and the Mayor’s office with the demand to tax big businesses like Amazon to fund affordable housing and homeless services and address the unprecedented housing crisis in Seattle. “Our Tax...
Post
April 8, 2018January 6, 2023Harrell, News Releases
Council President Harrell’s Statement on the Passing of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney
Council President Bruce A. Harrell (District 2 – South Seattle) released the following statement after receiving word of the passing of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney: “Seattle lost a great leader today with the passage of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney. I’ve always known Rev. McKinney as a person who uplifted others and worked tirelessly to advance...
Post
April 4, 2018January 6, 2023Councilmember Juarez, Gonzalez, News Releases
Councilmember González, Search Committee Nominate Seattle’s First Inspector General for Public Safety
Councilmember M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), along with members of the Office of Inspector General Search Committee, announced the nomination of Lisa A. Judge to be the City of Seattle’s first Inspector General for Public Safety (IG). The Office of the Inspector General for Public Safety (OIG) was created by the full Council in...