Correction: the survey summary as originally posted contained an error in calculations on the chart and graph of per capita respondents by zip code on pages 14 and 15. The information has now been corrected. Last Wednesday we closed our...
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November 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Budget discussions about the Department of Neighborhoods
At this morning’s Budget Committee, we discussed some items relating to our very important Department of Neighborhoods (DON). Today, we addressed four items: historic preservation staffing, administrative staff, Neighborhood Matching Fund, and the People’s Academy of Community Engagement (PACE). Three of these items were relatively minor, though obviously important in their own right. A Green Sheet – [...]
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October 31, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess
Budget Crunch Time
The City Council is entering crunch time in our 2013-2014 budget deliberations. Beginning this morning through Friday, we will review Council proposals for specific additions and cuts to the Mayor’s original budget proposal. Late next week, likely either Thursday or...
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October 26, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Parks issues now under discussion during City Council budget review
As you may know, with the changing of the leaves comes the City Council review of the Mayor’s proposed budget, and we are well into it now. We have heard the Department Presentations, and we are currently in the stage of “Issue Identification.” (Download a PDF of the budget review schedule.) In Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), at [...]
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October 4, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Godden
It Takes a City
Mayor Mike McGinn delivered his proposed 2013-14 budget to the Seattle City Council on Monday afternoon Sept. 24. It was his third budget message and, partly because times are better and city revenues not so constrained as they were in the grim years of the Great Recession, this message was more favorably received than in [...]
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October 3, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, News Releases
Seattle City Council to hold public hearing on proposed 2013-2014 budget
News Release:
The Seattle City Council invites members of the community to participate in a public hearing tomorrow night in City Council Chambers. Working together with Seattle residents, the Council wants next year’s budget and Capital Improvement Plan to reflect the priorities and values of our City.
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October 3, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Mayor’s 2013-2014 Budget in Recovery Mode
On Monday, September 24, Mayor McGinn submitted his 2013-2014 budget proposal to the Council, and the Council will spend the next two months reviewing and modifying it. We are legally required to adopt a budget for 2013 by December 1. Under the two-year budget cycle, we also “endorse” a budget for 2014, which will go [...]
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October 2, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw
Proposed 2013 budget keeps greenways and cycle tracks moving forward
Today, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) Director Peter Hahn gave his department’s presentation (PDF) to the City Council Budget Committee. (Download the SDOT section or the entire proposed budget from the Mayor for 2013-2014 from this page – see the left navigation pane). SDOT described two categories of investment: Addressing the maintenance backlog (street repair, bridge maintenance and [...]
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October 2, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Budget thoughts.
How best to turn Seattle’s always-limited resources into efficient services over the next two years? That’s the question my Council colleagues and I deal with this fall as we examine the 2013-2014 proposed City budget. The process started for City Council last Monday. In a rare Seattle moment of required protocol, Councilmember Harrell and I [...]
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September 28, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, News Releases
Seattle City Council to hold public hearing on proposed 2013-2014 budget
News Release:
The Seattle City Council invites members of the community to participate in the a public hearing next Thursday in City Council Chambers. Working together with Seattle residents, the Council wants next year's budget and Capital Improvement Plan to reflect the priorities and values of our City.