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Press Releases
The latest press releases from Seattle City Councilmembers.
One Less Truck! Every Other Week Garbage Collection
The Seattle City Council is authorizing a pilot program to test the idea of moving to garbage collection every other week. The pilot program, which will be implemented for 800 customers in four neighborhoods from July through December, will examine what rate structure best rewards people for minimizing their garbage, while avoiding unwanted negative impacts. [...]
Sliver on the River Annexation Takes Crucial Steps Forward
The King County Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC), the body comprised of County and City representatives that approves policy relating to implementation of Growth Management in King County, has unanimously approved a City of Seattle proposal to designate the ‘Sliver on the River’ in South Park as a Potential Annexation Area (PAA) for Seattle. [...]
International Clean Up After May Day Day
I parked at Pacific Place and walked around to see how things looked after the Black Bloc attacks of yesterday. By 9 a.m. there were more media with cameras and mics than workers with drills removing plywood. Everyone seems to be trying to make sense of yesterday’s action and determine if the City could have [...]
Queue up your questions for the Seattle City Council
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Take a moment to ask your questions of City Councilmembers. What should be the top priority for Seattle Public Schools new superintendent? What's the City doing to prepare for the upcoming plastic bag ban? How can residents get involved in this year's budget process? Whatever your questions, submit them now.
Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden takes up Utility Discount Program for low income and elderly
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At the urging of Councilmember Jean Godden, the Libraries, Utilities and Center Committee today sent a letter calling for two changes to the Utility Discount Program (UDP). These changes would immediately benefit low-income families and seniors who need assistance.
The carnival sideshow of light rail stations
This afternoon the Council’s Committee on Economic Resiliency and Regional Relations will receive a report we commissioned on increasing job density without radically altering allowed land uses around the SODO light rail station. For those of you not familiar with the area or if you’ve been daydreaming whenever LINK stops at this under-used station, the [...]
Making the Business and Occupation Tax Work
Washington has a unique business tax system: businesses are taxed on their gross income (Business and Occupation Tax – B&O Tax), rather than their profits. There’s a statewide B&O Tax, and some 40 cities have local B&O Taxes. And there are three different ways that cities can charge this tax: on gross receipts (like the [...]
Seattle City Council Committee to discuss drones in Seattle and the issues they present
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Councilmember Bruce Harrell, chair of the Seattle City Council’s Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee, has called for a special briefing from the Seattle Police Department on the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAS/UAV), commonly known as Drones.
Seattle’s Economic Recovery Strategy Is Working
In the last several recessions, Seattle has lagged the national recovery, sometimes by as long as a year. But, in this recession, we are at the leading edge of recovery. Washington’s official numbers show the state’s unemployment rate at 8.2% in February, about equal to the national average – but that the Seattle area rate [...]
Seattle City Council President at West Seattle Elementary to promote financial awareness for young people
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Join Seattle City Council President Sally J. Clark and Jump$tart Washington Coalition to promote financial education during Money Smart Week®.
Public Health Actions Against Obesity
Obesity continues to be a major public health challenge. Too many Americans are overweight enough that their health is suffering, with diseases like diabetes rising dramatically. In Seattle 50% of adults and 22% of youth are overweight or obese. The problem is that healthy food is often expensive and not widely available, while unhealthy food [...]