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Outgoing governor Albert Rosellini and new governor Daniel Evans both endorsed a plan to create the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), which was approved by the state legislature in March 1965. [18] [19] The new DMV began operations on July 1, 1965, with 750 employees after absorbing 105 license examiners who previously worked for the State ...
The Mayor of Seattle is head of the executive branch of city government, and the Seattle City Council, led by a Council President, is the legislative branch. The mayor of Seattle and two of the nine members of the Seattle City Council are elected at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. The remaining seven council positions are elected ...
(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council has rejected a proposed local capital gains tax, but the bill could be brought back as soon as early next year. Council Bill 120908 would have ...
The Seattle head tax, officially the employee hours tax (EHT), was a proposed head tax to be levied on large employers in Seattle, Washington, United States. The head tax was proposed in 2017 to fund homeless services and outreach and was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee, with hopes of raising up to $50 million annually.
(The Center Square) – Seattle voters have approved the largest tax proposal in city history, with revenue going toward transportation needs. Tuesday night results show the levy receiving 67% of ...
[80] [81] Prior to the 1999 approval of Initiative 695, the agency also collected a motor vehicle excise tax from the state government. [82] The sales tax is Metro's primary funding source, comprising 55.8 percent of anticipated revenue in 2025, followed by payments from Sound Transit. [79]
Seattle City Hall (also known as the Seattle Municipal Building) is the home of the offices of the mayor and city council of Seattle, Washington, located between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue in the downtown area of the city. Most city departments have their offices in the nearby Seattle Municipal Tower. In 2003, the Seattle city government moved ...
C Line stop in West Seattle. The city of Seattle made major improvements to the RapidRide C and D lines with money generated by Proposition 1 (which increases sales tax by 0.1 percent and imposes a $60 annual car-tab fee). [10] The first round of improvements came in June 2015 when headways on the RapidRide C and D lines were decreased.