On Thursday the Council voted out of committee the confirmation of Saad Bashir as the city’s new CTO and head of the Seattle IT department. His confirmation comes up for final vote on March 18th.
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HSD Director nomination avoids a backslide, but still stuck in neutral
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 readingSam Zimbabwe confirmed as SDOT Director
This afternoon, the City Council unanimously voted to confirm Sam Zimbabwe as Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Continue readingHSD Director appointment still in limbo after chaotic Council hearing
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 readingNew SDOT Director confirmation moves forward
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 readingSawant introducing resolution to send HSD Director nomination back to Mayor
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 readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what happened at today’s Council meetings today.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers
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…
Continue readingDurkan makes a trio of appointments
Yesterday, Mayor Durkan announced three department head appointments: two permanent, and one interim.
Continue readingDurkan makes two more appointments
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.
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