Earlier this evening, the City Council voted 7-2 to override Mayor Durkan’s veto of its “rebalanced” 2020 budget.
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Mayor 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 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 readingHere are the cuts that the City Council is considering for SPD’s budget
Last Friday and today, the City Council’s budget committee walked through three dozen potential amendments to SPD’s budget for the rest of the year, setting up a vote on those amendments on Wednesday. Here’s what’s on the table.
Continue readingCouncil starts deliberations on amendments to proposed 2020 rebalanced budget
On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning the Council began discussing proposed amendments to Mayor Durkan’s 2020 budget rebalancing package, covering areas unrelated to SPD’s budget (which will come next week). And the mutual hostility between the Council and the Mayor continued to be on full display.
Continue readingCouncil adopts final 2020 budget
This morning the City Council voted its proposed 2020 budget out of committee, and this afternoon the Council formally adopted it.
Continue reading2020 Budget up for final approval tomorrow
With the final version of the 2020 city budget up for final approval tomorrow, there are no last-minute surprises on the agenda.
Continue readingThe 2020 budget is almost done
In a marathon session this morning, the Council members got 95% of the way to the finish line on assembling the 2020 budget this morning.
Continue readingBudget chair releases revised 2020 budget proposal
This morning, Budget Chair Sally Bagshaw published her “revised balancing package,” the near-final version of the budget that the Council will take an initial vote on tomorrow.
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