This afternoon, Mayor Jenny Durkan officially released her budget proposal for next year. Let’s dive in to the details and see what’s in there.
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Council overrides Mayor’s 2020 budget veto
Earlier this evening, the City Council voted 7-2 to override Mayor Durkan’s veto of its “rebalanced” 2020 budget.
Continue readingSchedule for 2021 budget development released
Last week, Budget chair Teresa Mosqueda released the annual “budget memo,” outlining the process and schedule that the Council will follow for developing next year’s city budget.
Continue readingCouncil will vote on budget veto override Tuesday afternoon
The City Council has scheduled a special meeting for 3:00pm Tuesday afternoon to vote on whether to override Mayor Durkan’s veto of its rebalanced 2020 budget package — or if that fails, a compromise bill that would preserve some of the Council’s top priorities.
Continue readingNotes from today’s Council meetings
Here’s what happened today in Council Chambers (zoom edition).
Continue readingMayor vetoes Council’s 2020 budget changes, but cuts a deal on COVID relief
Today Mayor Durkan vetoed the heart of the City Council’s changes to the 2020 budget rebalancing package, while also announcing that she had reached a compromise deal with several Council members on a revised COVID-19 relief package that would deliver $45 million this year and next without fully draining the city’s reserve funds.
Continue readingCouncil overrides veto of COVID-19 relief bill, then immediately adjusts it to new fiscal reality (updated)
This afternoon in a special meeting, the City Council overrode Mayor Durkan’s veto of a bill that authorizes the spending of $86 million from the city’s two reserve fund to pay for COVID-19 relief programs. Then it immediately passed a new bill that reduced the amount to $57 million, reflecting the most recent news about the city’s increasing revenue shortfall this year.
Continue readingCouncil gives final approval to 2020 rebalanced budget
It happened in a blink of an eye: the bill was brought to the floor and immediately passed, and the budget was done. Just kidding. It was six hours of tedium. But there’s a rebalanced budget now — sort of. And more problems down the road.
Continue readingCouncil approves amendments to force layoffs in SPD, disband Navigation Team, and more
Today the City Council marched through about two dozen amendments to the 2020 budget intended to address calls to partially defund and re-organize the Seattle Police Department. Along the way, they also achieved another long-time goal of progressive advocates: eliminating the Navigation Team. After the vote this afternoon, I recorded an hour-long debrief with Omari Salisbury of Converge Media and Marcus Green of the South Seattle Emerald. It was a great, far-ranging conversation, and I think you’ll enjoy watching it.
Continue readingWhat to expect on Wednesday when the Council votes on SPD-related budget amendments (UPDATED)
Since Monday the City Council has reworked its list of three dozen proposed budget amendments related to the Seattle Police Department. Here’s what to expect when they take them up for votes on Wednesday morning. (update below)
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