Select Budget Committee
The purpose of the Budget Committee is to deliberate and review the Mayor's proposed budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP), make changes as appropriate, to adopt a final Budget and CIP.
Agenda: Call To Order; Approval of the Agenda; Approval of Consent Calendar (Items 1-16); Items Removed from the Consent Calendar; Res 32114: Intent to fund the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System; CB 120683: relating to contracting indebtedness; CB 120679: relating to funding from non-City sources; CB 120685: relating to the electric system of The City of Seattle; CB 120690: Seattle Parks and Recreation Interlocal Agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Park District; CB 120706: relating to the regulation of network companies; CB 120689: relating to deductions from the payroll expense tax; CB 120707: renaming the Community Safety and Communications Center to the Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department; CB 120705: amending the 2023 Budget, including the 2023-2028 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); CB 119950: relating to taxation - payroll expense tax rates; CB 120708: adopting a budget, including a capital improvement program and position modifications, for The City of Seattle for 2024; and creating positions exempt from civil service; Other Budget Legislation: Update on Seattle Revenue Stabilization Work Group Options and Additional Budget Related Legislation (Track 2 Legislation).
Continues in the afternoon session.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; CB 121092: relating to administration of the Major Institutions and Schools program; Public Hearing on the 2026 Proposed Budget (remote); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Hearing on the 2026 Proposed Budget continued (in-person); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee 11/5/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Introduction and Overview; Chair’s Balancing Package; Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session I 10/30/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Human Services Department (HSD); Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE); Seattle Fire Department (SFD); Seattle Police Department (SPD); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session II 10/30/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Seattle Police Department (continued); Office of Inspector General for Public Safety (OIG); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session I 10/29/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD); Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI); Department of Neighborhoods (DON); Office of Housing (OH); Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE); Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session II 10/29/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR); Seattle Office of Economic Development (OED); Human Services Department (HSD); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee 10/28/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Introduction and Budget Proposals Overview; Finance General (FG); City Budget Office (CBO); Office of the Mayor (MO); Office for Civil Rights (OCR); Office of Arts and Culture (ARTS); Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL); City Attorney’s Office / Law Department (LAW); Seattle Municipal Court (SMC); Office of Emergency Management (OEM); Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA); Office of Labor Standards (OLS); Seattle Public Utilities (SPU); Office of Hearing Examiner (HXM); Seattle Information Technology Department (ITD); Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR); Department of Finance and Administrative Services (FAS); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee 10/20/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Economic and Revenue Forecast; Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session I 10/17/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Seattle Police Department (SPD); Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE); Seattle Fire Department (SFD); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session II 10/17/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Human Services Department (HSD); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee 10/16/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Office of Housing (OH); Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL); Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD); Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session I 10/15/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Introduction and Process Overview; Overview of 2026 Proposed Budget Adjustments; General Fund (GF) Balancing and Sustainability Analysis; Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee Session II 10/15/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR); Adjournment.
Select Budget Committee 10/8/25
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; CB 121083: relating to taxation and investments in criminal justice; Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Hearing (remote public speakers); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Hearing (in-person public speakers); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Office of Housing (OH); Seattle Center (CEN); Office of Economic Development (OED); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Office of Arts and Culture (ARTS); Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda;Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE); Human Services Department (HSD); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Seattle Fire Department (SFD); Seattle Police Department (SPD); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD); Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE); Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT); Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Public Comment; Introduction and Budget Process Overview; City Budget Office (CBO) Overview of the 2026 Proposed Budget; Adjournment.
Agenda: Call to Order; Approval of the Agenda; Federal Backfill; CB 121083: relating to taxation; Adjournment.
