Last week the City Council held three days of “issue identification” discussion on the Mayor’s proposed 2022 budget, in advance of drafting amendments starting this week. Here’s a summary of what they talked about.
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Understanding the Mayor’s Proposed Budget: SPD
In the last installment of this series on the Mayor’s proposed budget, we present a deep dive on the Seattle Police Department’s budget: a large, complex and controversial topic.
Continue readingNew page for following the 2022 Budget
If you’re following along with the 2022 budget process, here’s a web page you’ll want to bookmark: SCC Insight’s new “all things budget” page. There you will find the most recent documents and presentations, as well as links to news articles about the budget process as it unfolds. Also, in case you haven’t heard, SCC Insight has teamed up with Omari Salisbury at Converge Media to bring you even more in-depth information and discussion on the 2022 budget. Check out the six “Budget School” episodes teaching you about how the budget works, as well as the most recent episode on …
Continue readingUnderstanding the Mayor’s Proposed 2022 Budget, Part III: Expenses
This is the second in a series of articles drilling into the details of Mayor Durkan’s proposed 2022 budget. The first installment, looking at city revenues, is here, and the second part on the payroll tax is here. This installment dives into the expense side of the the budget: the Mayor’s proposal for department budgets.
Continue readingUnderstanding the Mayor’s Proposed 2022 Budget, Part II: The Payroll Tax
This is the second in a series of articles drilling into the details of Mayor Durkan’s proposed 2022 budget. The first installment, looking at city revenues, is here. This installment dives into the Mayor’s proposal for how to spend the forecast $235 million in payroll tax revenues next year, which has already raised some eyebrows among the City Councilmembers.
Continue readingUnderstanding the Mayor’s Proposed 2022 Budget, Part I: Revenues
Last week Mayor Durkan transmitted to the City Council her proposed budget for 2022. The Council immediately began its deliberations on the merits and drawbacks of the proposal, and things they might want to change — a process that ends the Monday before Thanksgiving when the Council votes to formally adopt a 2022 budget. This is the first part in a series of articles on the Mayor’s proposed budget. This installment focuses on the revenue side.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
The Council wrapped up some loose ends — and passed some more rental regulations — before the 2022 budget process officially kicked off this afternoon.
Continue readingCouncil gets a preview of upcoming 2022 budget season
It’s only Tuesday, and this week has already been super busy on the city budget front. In addition to passing a mid-year budget update out of committee today, the Council also got a revenue forecast update from the City Budget Office, and it released the schedule for ts upcoming 2022 budget development process.
Continue readingCouncil updates SPD budget, says “yes” to several of police department’s proposals
Today the City Council’s finance committee finally got down to voting on a proposal from the Seattle Police Department on how to spend $15 million of salary savings accumulating due to the high officer attrition over the past year. And in the end it gave the department much, but not all, of what it wanted while also funding a few of the items on its own community safety wish-list.
Continue readingSPD’s busy day full of odd and notable moments
Earlier this week SCC Insight previewed all of the important events happening for the Seattle Police Department today. When all was said and done, much more was said than done — but some of what was said was still pretty interesting.
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