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(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council approved its 2025-2026 budget, which closes a $268 million operating deficit, but city officials prepare for future challenges in 2027. The 2025 ...
The proposed 2025-2025 budget utilizes $287 million in payroll expense tax revenues to support the general fund as the city addresses a $250 million budget deficit.
According to Seattle's 2025-2026 budget, annual wage increases and market adjustments exceeded planning reserves for the city’s parks and recreation department. In order to mitigate the ...
The Seattle City Council is the legislative body of the city of Seattle, Washington. The Council consists of nine members serving four-year terms, seven of which are elected by electoral districts and two of which are elected in citywide at-large positions; all elections are non-partisan. It has the responsibility of approving the city's budget ...
(The Center Square) – Members of the Seattle City Council are proposing legislation that would send general funds to its Seattle Channel, despite continuing budget issues over the next three years.
As of 2025, Kettle serves on the Council's Public Safety Committee. He voted for a bill to repeal the city's ban on police use of blast balls . During the meeting on repealing the ban, he the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison to "under deployment" of personnel, saying “As you know, in detention prisons, at Abu Ghraib , a lot of bad ...
Mosqueda's budget proposal, which passed with amendments, included eliminating 80 vacant positions at SPD and not funding Mayor Bruce Harrell's policy proposals, like the Shotspotter program. [24] [25] On January 2, 2024, Mosqueda resigned from the Seattle City Council after being elected to the King County Council. [26]
Seattle City Councilmember Rob Saka is proposing amendments to the 2025-2026 budget package that include plans to retire the 1.3 mile-long South Lake Union Streetcar line and transfer the existing ...