Tuesday afternoon, in a joint meeting of two committees, the Council will get briefed by representatives of Seattle City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, the newly-formed Department of IT, and an outside consultant on the NCIS billing and customer service IT system that is very late and very over budget. And going by the published materials they have submitted in advance, they have drastically misread the situation and it’s going to be a bloodbath.
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This week: NCIS under the microscope, labor laws
It looks like Tuesday is going to be the super interesting day in Council Chamber this week.
Continue readingThis week: SODO arena, housing levy, budget
The week kicks off with a Full Council meeting that will draw some headlines. Then the Council kicks off a bunch of budget work.
Continue readingNotes from the SPD overtime audit briefing
This morning, the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, and New Americans Committee was briefed by the City Auditor on their recently-released audit report on the Seattle Police Department’s use and management of overtime. I wrote on the report when it was first released, and much of today’s discussion is a repeat of that, so I won’t give a blow-by-blow report. But here are my notes of things said today that provide new points or “color commentary” based on the Council members’ interpretation of what they heard.
Continue readingNews roundup: labor issues
Labor issues — minimum wage, secure scheduling and enforcement — lead this morning’s news.
Continue readingMorning news roundup: Water quality, Council staff, labor issues
Seattle’s water quality, legislative staff increases, and labor law enforcement top this morning’s news.
Continue readingCouncil members vote to hire more legislative staff, sort of
This afternoon the City Council voted to allow for expansion of their personal legislative staff. Their counter-intuitive reason for doing so points to a larger problem.
Continue readingCouncil gets down to business on Housing Levy
This morning the City Council finally moved on from background presentations started considering ideas on how it might want to modify the Mayor’s proposal for the 2016 Housing Levy.
Continue readingNews roundup: Arena, Kubly ethic probe, homeless issues, and more
News coverage is all over the map this morning.
Continue readingHerbold tees up conversation on affordable housing preservation
This morning Council member Lisa Herbold organized a presentation and discussion on an aspect of affordable housing that has been chronically under-discussed and under-funded: preservation of existing affordable housing.
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