Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 12, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117423 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY BURGESS 2. Res. 31363 A RESOLUTION supporting Washington’s BEST (Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking) Initiative which seeks to engage businesses on [...]
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Seattle City Councilmembers Clark, Burgess and Godden nominate PI Globe as official landmark
News Release:
Seattle City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark, Jean Godden and Tim Burgess, Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) Executive Director Leonard Garfield, and the Hearst Corporation today announced plans to forever keep the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Globe in Seattle as a recognized historic landmark.
Legislation passed February 13, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123823 C.B. 117399 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Ord. 123824 C.B. 117370 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property interests acquired for municipal utility purposes to [...]
Legislation passed February 6, 2012 and filed with the City Clerk
PDF copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below. Ord. 123821 C.B. 117396 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering t he payment thereof. Ord. 123822 C.B. 117394 AN ORDINANCE relating to the organization of City government; creating an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs; [...]
Action Summary, Monday 3/5/2012
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. No absences. HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE: 1. COUNCIL BILL 117402 PASSED AS AMENDED (9 – 0) Relating to a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the purpose of implementing the Neighborhood...
Captain Beers, Seattle’s First Woman Firefighter
Seattle Councilmember Jeanette Williams, as head of the Human Resources and Judiciary Committee in the 1970s, encouraged the Office of Women’s Rights to work with the Seattle Fire Department regarding their policy on women. In 1974, Mayor Wes Uhlman encouraged Fire Chief Jack Richards to develop a program for women fire fighters. By 1975, [...]
Archives Find of the Month: 1907 Jail Conditions
In March 1907, Seattle’s Unitarian Club investigated the conditions at the city jail and sent a letter to the City Council outlining their findings. While the visitors approved of the building’s cleanliness and the prisoners’ food, they did emphatically state that “the male prisoners working on the chain gang…should not be compelled to sleep on [...]
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 5, 2012
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar March 5, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117415 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY HARRELL 2. C.B. 117416 AN ORDINANCE relating to Unfair Public Accommodation Practices; amending sections 14.06.020 and 14.06.030 to add the right [...]
Action Summary, Monday 02/27/2012
The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Mike O’Brien excused. HOUSING, HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH, AND CULTURE COMMITTEE: 1. Clerk File 312132 CONFIRMED (8 – 0) Reappointment of Lara R. Davis as member, Seattle Arts Commission, for a term of confirmation to December 31, 2013. 2. Clerk File...
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar February 27, 2012
Seattle City Council Introduction and Referral Calendar February 27, 2012 BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117411 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council BY CONLIN 2. C.B. 117412 AN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning, amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at [...]