Select Budget Committee

In-person attendance is currently prohibited per the Washington Governor's Proclamation No. 20-28.1 until May 4, 2020. Meeting participation is limited to access by telephone conference line and Seattle Channel online.

Agenda: Public Comment; Community Panel on COVID-19 Needs and Responses; CB 119772: relating to taxation - payroll expense; CB 119773:  relating to the financing of responses to the civil emergency; CB 119774: establishing a spending plan for CB 119772. 

Agenda: Public Comment; Presentation - Spring Economic and Revenue Forecast;  Introduction and discussion on the Payroll Expense Tax Package; CB 119774: spending plan; CB 119772: relating to taxation - payroll expense tax; CB 119773: relating to financing of responses to civil emergency. 

Agenda: Public Comment; Council Budget Actions (The Select Budget Committee takes final votes on budget actions and budget legislation): CBA HSD-99-C-3: Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program (LEAD); CBA HOM-2-D-1: Tiny Home Village; CBA CJ-962-C-1: Youth Diversion; CF 314438: City Council Changes to the 2020 Proposed Budget and the 2020 - 2025 Proposed Capital Improvement Program;  CB 119689, the 2020 Budget ordinance.

Agenda: Public Comment; Consent Package: Homelessness; Housing; Hygiene; Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD); Criminal Justice; Transportation; Transportation Network Companies (TNCs); Other Departments and Offices; Budget Legislation.

Agenda: Proposed Changes to the Chair's Initial Budget Proposal - Other Proposed Changes (continued); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 11/13/2019 morning session.

Agenda: Public Comment; Proposed Changes to the Chair's Initial Budget Proposal: Proposed Changes with Resource Overlap; Other Proposed Changes.

Meeting continues in 11/13/19 afternoon session.

Agenda: Chair's Initial Balancing Package. Homelessness; Housing; Hygiene; Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD); Criminal Justice; Transportation; Transportation Network Companies (TNCs); Other Departments and Offices; Budget Legislation; Public Comment.

Agenda: SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (SDOT); SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT (SPD); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 11/1/2019 morning session.

Agenda: HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT (HSD); HOMELESSNESS (HOM).

Meeting continues in 11/1/2019 afternoon session.

Agenda: CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CJ); OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (OED); OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS (OLS), Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 10/31/19 morning session.

Agenda: OFFICE OF HOUSING (OH); SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION (SPR); DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES (FAS); TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES (TNCs).

Meeting continues in 10/31/2019 afternoon session.

Agenda: COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION (CPC); OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY (OPA); OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT (OSE); SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS (SDCI); LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT (LEG); CITY BUDGET OFFICE (CBO); OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR (AUD); BUDGET LEGISLATION (BLG); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 10/30/2019 morning session.

Agenda: OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE (ARTS); OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS (OCR); LAW DEPARTMENT (LAW); OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER (HXM); OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS (OIRA); OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (OPCD); DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS (DON); SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES (SPU); SEATTLE CITY LIGHT (SCL); SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (SFD); OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG).

Meeting continues in 10/30/2019 afternoon session.

The Select Budget Committee conducts a public hearing to solicit public comment on: (1) the City's 2020 General Revenue Sources, including a possible property tax levy increase; and (2) the Mayor's 2020 Proposed Budgets and 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Program.

Agenda: Miscellaneous Issue Identification (Office of Arts and Culture, City Attorney's Office; Seattle IT, Office of City Auditor, City Budget Office, Legislative Department, Finance and Administrative Services, Office of Planning and Community Development; Office of Hearing Examiner, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Seattle Department of Human Resources, Office of Labor Standards, Office of Sustainability and Environment, Office of Inspector General for Public Safety, Seattle Fire Department, Seattle City Light, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Public Utilities, Budget Legislation); Public Comment.

Agenda: Criminal Justice; Seattle Police Department (SPD); Public Comment.

Agenda: Transportation Network Companies (TNCs): Worker Protections; Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 10/18/2019 morning session.

Agenda: Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT);  Transportation Network Companies (TNCs): Tax, Fee Reduction, and Spending Plan.

Meeting continues in 10/18/2019 afternoon session.

Agenda: Human Services Department (HSD); Department of Education and Early Learning (DEEL); Office for Civil Rights (OCR); Office of Economic Development (OED); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 10/17/2019 morning session.

Agenda: Office of Housing (OH);  Homelessness Response.

Meeting continues in 10/17/2019 afternoon session.

Agenda: Introductory Remarks; General Fund Balancing Analysis; Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI); Public Comment.

The Select Budget Committee conducts a public hearing to solicit public comment on: (1) the City's 2020 General Revenue Sources, including a possible property tax levy increase; and (2) the Mayor's 2020 Proposed Budgets and 2020-2025 Capital Improvement Program.

Agenda: LEAD Community Panel; LEAD Department Panel; TNC "Fare Share" Plan; Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 10/2/2019 morning session.

Agenda: Citywide Homelessness Response - 2020 Proposed Budget.

Meeting continues in 10/2/2019 afternoon session.

Agenda: Public Safety Budget Overview; Seattle Police Department (SPD);  Seattle Fire Department (SFD); Public Comment.

Meeting continued from 9/27/2019 morning session.