By a 3-5 vote, the Council narrowly defeated Council member Sawant’s effort to send Mayor Durkan’s nomination for HSD Director back to her for a do-over. But that doesn’t mean the nomination has a clear path forward to confirmation.
Continue reading HSD Director nomination avoids a backslide, but still stuck in neutral
This afternoon, the City Council unanimously voted to confirm Sam Zimbabwe as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Tonight’s Council committee hearing lasted for two and a half hours. At the end, a resolution was voted out of committee — barely — but the future of Mayor Durkan’s nomination to fill the position of Director of the Human Services Department is as murky as ever.
Continue reading HSD Director appointment still in limbo after chaotic Council hearing
This morning, the City Council’s Sustainability and Transportation Committee voted to advance out of committee the confirmation of Sam Zimbabwe as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue reading New SDOT Director confirmation moves forward
As promised, Council member Kshama Sawant will be formally introducing a resolution on Monday to send back Mayor Jenny Durkan’s nomination of Jason Johnson as Director of the Human Services Department.
Continue reading Sawant introducing resolution to send HSD Director nomination back to Mayor
Here’s what happened at today’s Council meetings today.
This is a rare “fifth week” for the Council: half of the Council committees meet the first and third weeks of the month, and the other half meet the second and fourth weeks. So the committee schedule is very light. Still, things are happening that are worth paying attention to…
Yesterday, Mayor Durkan announced three department head appointments: two permanent, and one interim.
Today Mayor Durkan announced two more department head appointments: Jason Johnson as Director of the Human Services Department, and Mariko Lockhart as Director of the Office of Civil Rights.
This afternoon, Mayor Jenny Durkan nominated Sam Zimbabwe to be the new Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue reading Durkan nominates Sam Zimbabwe for SDOT Director