A flurry of new bills, cranking through some paperwork, and committee meetings resume.
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City Council and staff to telecommute, cancel committee meetings for remainder of March
Late this afternoon, Council President Lorena Gonzalez and Council President Pro Tem Teresa Mosqueda issued a directive to the city’s Legislative Department outlining several measures the department will take to address the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Topping the list: all department employees are instructed to telecommute through the end of the month, and all committee meetings will be cancelled for the remainder of March.
Continue readingA preview of the budget process
For the next two months, the Council is going to put nearly all of their usual work aside to focus on writing the city government’s budget for the 2019-2020 biennium. Here’s what’s going to happen between now and November 19th.
Continue readingThis week in City Hall: a week like no other
Fasten your seat belt. By the end of the day Monday we may have another new Mayor, and the Council may be working an appointing a new colleague. Plus: budget work begins, the Uptown rezone wraps up, and more.
Continue readingBudget season is here. (UPDATED)
(several updated incorporated below — thanks to Kirstan Arestad, Director of the Council’s Central Staff, for her helpful feedback) In a couple of weeks the City Council will drop nearly everything and spend the next two months hammering out the 2018 city budget. Budget committee chair Tim Burgess has published a schedule for how the Council members and their staff will spend that time.
Continue readingState of the City address next Tuesday morning at Idris Mosque
This morning the Mayor and City Council President officially announced a poorly-kept secret: that the State of the City address will be delivered next Tuesday morning at 9:30am at a special meeting of the Seattle City Council held at Idris Mosque in Northgate. If you plan to attend, get there early. Doors open at 8:30am. Here’s the full text of the announcement: Mayor Murray, Council President Harrell announce State of the City to be held at Idris Mosque SEATTLE (February 13, 2017) — Mayor Ed Murray’s fourth State of the City address will be held on February 21, 2017 at …
Continue readingSnow day for City Council; meetings get shuffled
The overnight snow has thrown a wrench into the works for this week’s City Council meeting schedule; here’s how things are getting re-arranged.
Continue readingThis week in Council Chambers: last chance for 2016
It’s the last week before the City Council takes its winter recess for the last two weeks of December. The week is bookended with full Council meetings: one on Monday to vote on items from the last few weeks, and one on Friday to vote on urgent items passed out of committee this week. And since five committees meet this week, there should be plenty to vote on.
Continue readingWelcome to Budget Season
Between now and Thanksgiving, the Seattle City Council will be almost singularly focused on one task: writing the city’s budget for the 2017–2018 biennium. Budget chair Tim Burgess, in his first year in the position, has made some tweaks to the process and schedule in the hopes of making it more efficient, transparent, and open to new and interesting proposals.
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This week: so many meetings
The City Council has eleven meetings scheduled this week. Yikes.
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