The Council will be pushing forward on a number of fronts this week, including the confirmation hearings for Sam Assefa, the 2035 Comprehensive Plan, the Bicycle Master Plan, and Sound Transit 3. Also, there’s a book you should read.
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News roundup: SODO arena blowback
The five female City Council members fire back, and more on NCIS.
Continue readingNews roundup: Office of Labor Standards, NCIS, police reform
Yesterday’s Council hearing on funding the Office of Labor Standards made the news this morning, along with the troubled NCIS utility billing system, police reform, and more.
Continue readingNCIS hearing: things were learned.
This afternoon the City Council conducted a hearing on the NCIS billing and customer service IT system being co-developed by Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle City Light, and SeattleIT, the city’s newly-consolidated IT department. It was neither the bloodbath I expected, nor was it a font of revelations as to why a $66 million project went $43 million over budget. But if you listened carefully, arranged the puzzle pieces just so, and squinted a little bit, you could make out roughly what happened — and the rough waters ahead.
Continue readingNotes from this morning’s Council Briefing
It was a short Council Briefing without any presentations, but here are the highlights from the roundtable discussion.
Continue readingNCIS briefing Tuesday afternoon: don’t forget to bring popcorn
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.
Continue readingNews roundup: Arena blowback, utility discount, secure scheduling, and more
The fallout from the SODO Arena vote is starting to calm down. But there’s lots of other things percolating in this morning’s news.
Continue readingNews roundup: more arena fallout
Fallout from the Council’s SODO Arena vote continues in the news this morning. Plus a few other tidbits.
Continue readingNotes from this morning’s Council Briefing
Some quick hits from this morning’s Council Briefing session, including lots of discussion of the SODO Arena street vacation.
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.
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