Category: council briefing

After a two-week recess, the Council members had a lot to say today. Here’s what went down.

A couple of notable bills (and a lot of very un-notable ones) passed this afternoon, the last scheduled meeting of the full Council before its two-week recess. Plus the Council has its own counsel.

There wasn’t a ton of non-budget-related stuff in Council Chambers today, but here’s what did happen.

While most of Monday’s meetings were taken up with deliberations on the renewal of the Seattle Transportation Benefit District, there were a few other notable happenings.

The Council decided how to spend payroll tax revenues, and more.

There was plenty of talk — and posturing — today in the ongoing standoff between the Mayor and the City Council over potential cuts to SPD’s budgets. But a few other things happened too.

While all the focus was on the payroll tax today, Council members also signaled other efforts in the pipeline.

Today we got a preview of the amendments to the “Jump Start Seattle” payroll tax proposal that will be offered — and possibly voted on — Wednesday.

Here’s what happened in the virtual Chambers today.