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The Seattle City Council's Budget Committee today voted unanimously on a balanced 2013 budget for city operations and endorsed a spending plan for 2014.
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November 6, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Rasmussen, News Releases
Seattle City Council statement on likely passage of Seawall proposition
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Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, chair of the Council's Transportation Committee, released the following statement on the likely passage of Proposition No. 1 for General Obligation Bonds for the Alaskan Way Seawall:
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November 5, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Seattle City Council honors Congressman Norm Dicks
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The Seattle City Council will honor Congressman Norm Dicks for his four and a half decades of service to Washington State during the Full Council meeting on Nov. 5. Congressman Dicks will attend the Council meeting to receive the proclamation.
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October 22, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Seattle City Council requests City Attorney present SPD monitor candidate to court
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The Seattle City Council passed Resolution 31414 this afternoon, continuing the City’s progress in meeting the terms of the consent decree agreed to in August with the United States Department of Justice. The resolution (adopted 8-1) provides guidance to City Attorney Pete Holmes in filing the City’s recommendation for a consent decree monitor, a condition required to be met by Fri., Oct. 26.
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October 17, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Harrell, Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Joint statement by City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark, Bruce Harrell, Tim Burgess and Nick Licata with City Attorney Pete Holmes on selection process of the Seattle Police Department Monitor
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City Attorney Pete Holmes, City Council President Sally J. Clark, and Councilmembers Bruce Harrell, Nick Licata and Tim Burgess issued the following statement on the selection process of the Seattle Police Department Monitor:...
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October 15, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Councilmembers Clark and Licata statement in support of public financing of campaigns in Seattle
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Seattle City Council President Sally J. Clark and Councilmember Nick Licata issued the following statement in support of public financing of campaigns in Seattle:
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October 3, 2012January 6, 2023News Releases
Office of the City Clerk receives recognition from the Community Employment Alliance
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The Community Employment Alliance recognized the Seattle City Clerk’s office last week as one of the 11 Washington businesses to receive this year’s “Outstanding Employer Award.”
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, Councilmember Burgess, Councilmember Godden, Councilmember Licata, News Releases
Seattle City Council approves rental housing inspection legislation
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This Seattle City Council voted today (5-0) to approve rental housing inspection legislation, improving living conditions for Seattle’s more than approximately 269,000 renters occupying 147,000 rental units. Council Bill 117569 provides a multi-faceted approach to addressing Seattle’s sub-standard housing through a registration and inspection program.
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Bagshaw, News Releases
Join the Seattle City Council’s “Sallys” for coffee and conversation
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Seattle City Councilmembers Sally J. Clark and Sally Bagshaw will be in the Bitter Lake neighborhood in October to speak with members of the community.
The October "Coffee with Sallys" conversation hour will be held in the Family Room at the Bitter Lake Community Center on Saturday, October 13, from 9 – 10:30 a.m. The coffee chat is open to everyone and the Councilmembers will listen and speak with Seattleites about local issues in an informal setting.
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October 1, 2012January 6, 2023Councilmember Harrell, News Releases
Have a question for the Seattle City Council? Get it answered on Seattle Channel’s Council Edition
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Do you have a question for the City Council? Will the Council's recent vote to cap towing rates face a legal challenge? What is the City doing to lessen the impacts of the Free Ride Zone elimination? What do the tolling study results mean for the future of the SR 99 tunnel? Is the arena really a done deal? Join the conversation, submit your questions now.