>>> WE ARE READY. GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS MAY
22nd, 2024. THIS IS THE MEETING
OF PARKS, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
TECHNOLOGY. THE COMMITTEE WILL
NOW COME TO ORDER. IT IS 2102
P.M. I AM JOY HOLLINGSWORTH AND
I AM CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> HERE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA ,
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> THREE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS
EXCUSED TODAY. ON THE AGENDA WE
HAVE COUNCIL BILL 120790, AN
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING OUR
PHENOMENAL SEE ATTIC -- SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. TO EXECUTE AN
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH KING
COUNTY REGARDING WASTE
DISPOSAL. WE WILL NOW CONSIDER
THE AGENDA. IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTIONS,
THE G -- AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. WITH THAT, WE ARE
GOING TO OPEN THE HYBRID IN
PERSON COMMENT PERIOD.
>> WE HAVE TWO IN PERSON
SPEAKER SIGNED UP AND THERE ARE
NO REMOTE SPEAKERS.
>> PERFECT. EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE TWO MINUTES. PLEASE READ
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. I WILL CALL
ON SPEAKERS BY NAME IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED BOTH ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AND FROM THE
SIGN-UP SHEET HERE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. WE WILL START WITH
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. THERE
ARE ONLY IN PERSON SPEAKERS
TODAY. IF YOU HAVE NOT
REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT WOULD
LIKE TO, SIGN UP TO SPEAK
BEFORE THE END OF THE COMMENT
PERIOD. GO TO THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE OR SIGN-UP NEAR THE
MICROPHONE. THE ONLINE LINK IS
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WHEN
SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY
STATING YOUR NAME OF THE ITEM
YOU'RE ADDRESSING. SPEAKERS
WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10
SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED CHIME . IF SPEAKERS DO
NOT SPEND THEIR SPEAKING DURING
THE TIME ALLOTTED THE
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED TO
ALLOW US TO CALL THE NEXT
PERSON. THIS FIRST SPEAKER FOR
IN PERSON COMMENT IS ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
NOT BACK FOR LAST 15 YEARS THIS
COMMUNITY DISAPPEAR. PEOPLE
COME HERE AND REMIND US MANY
BLACK CONSUL FOR THE LAST 15
YEARS. WE HAVE A MAYOR RIGHT
NOW WHO LOOKS LIKE A BLACK MAN
TO ME. [ INAUDIBLE ] QUESTION
RIGHT NOW VERY SIMPLE. [
INAUDIBLE ] HOW IS THIS
POSSIBLE SO YOU DON'T STOP IT
COME DISAPPEAR BLACK COMMUNITY.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? FOR WHO
YOU WORKING? FOR AMAZON?
DEMOCRATIC MAFIA? I'M TOTALLY
CONFUSED [ INAUDIBLE ] IS THIS
A MINORITY MAN WHO DON'T LIKE
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, DON'T LIKE
TALKING TO PEOPLE? FOUR
POLICEMAN WHO SECURE HIM.
>> AS THE TIMER. MR. ZIMMERMAN,
CAN YOU STAY ON THE SUBJECT ?
YOU TALKING ABOUT BLACK
COMMUNITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS IS
SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY WHAT THIS
MOVE PEOPLE FROM SEATTLE [
INAUDIBLE ] EXACTLY WHAT YOU
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
TECHNOLOGY CAN BE DIFFERENT. SO
STAND UP, SEATTLE. MAKE SEATTLE
GREAT AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> JUST FOR THE RECORD, AGENDA
ITEMS, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE AND
FOR THE RECORD, THE SALUTE IS A
FORM OF ABUSIVE LANGUAGE SO I
WANT THAT FOR THE RECORD. NEXT
PUBLIC COMMENT HER.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING
THAT OUT. PEOPLE MIGHT BE
WONDERING WHY I HAVE NOT
ATTEMPTED RECENTLY TO INTERRUPT
AND THEN WARM ET CETERA -- WARM
-- WORN ET CETERA AND GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
EXCLUSION AND THE FACT IS THAT
IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW ALL
THE STEPS BUT THE FACT IS THAT
I REMAIN OFFENDED ABOUT THIS
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE WHICH DOES
CONSTITUTE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
NOTING IT AND NOT REALLY SURE
HOW TO GO FORWARD, BUT --
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I
KNOW WE ALL EXPERIENCE IT AT
OUR MEETINGS AND I WANT THAT TO
BE FOR THE RECORD. I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA HAS JOINED US. SHE IS IN
ATTENDANCE TODAY IN THE HOUSE.
NEXT PERSON.
>> OUR SECOND AND LAST IN
PERSON SPEAKER IS CAROLYN
MALONE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. MALONE. AND
YOUR TIMER WILL BEGIN.
>> I AM CAROLYN MALONE. MY
ISSUE IS ONGOING WITH SEATTLE
POLICE IN MY HOUSE AN ISSUE ,
WHICH ARE MENTAL ABUSE,
PHYSICAL ABUSE AND ELDER ABUSE.
THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT ,
INCLUSIONARY EFFORT BY VANESSA
DOWELL, WHO IS THE DIVISION
DIRECTOR CATHOLIC HOUSING
SERVICES IN SEATTLE POLICE IN
THIS PERSON, IN PARTICULAR, I
DON'T KNOW HIS NAME. HE LIVES
IN MY BUILDING AND HE IS A
CONSTANT SOURCE OF A PROBLEM
FOR ME. I AM CONSTANTLY
THREATENED WITH IMPLIED AND
OVERT EVICTION NOTICES AND ANY
EFFORT I USE TO THWART AND STOP
THE HARASSMENT , THE ABUSE, IS
MET WITH RETALIATION AND
MORBIUS . TWO HOURS AGO, AN
INFLUX OF BEDBUGS WAS FOUND ON
MY MATTRESS BY A SUSPICIOUS
PERSON IN MY APARTMENT. ON
SATURDAY, ONE OF MY TWO
SAFE-DEPOSIT BOXES HAD A NEW
LOCK ON IT ATTACHED TO IT. I
HAD TO BREAK MY BOX OPEN . MY
CELL PHONE IS REALLY NOT USABLE
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN
RECONFIGURED. THERE IS MY
NUMBER ON IT AND THEN A LARGER
NUMBER, WHICH MINIMIZES MY
NUMBER SO I CAN'T GET
VOICEMAILS. MY APARTMENT DOOR
WAS BADLY DAMAGED NOT SO LONG
AGO . FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN
UNDER POLICE SURVEILLANCE
BECAUSE THEY ACCUSE ME OF TAX
EVASION , HOARDING DRUGS, AND
NONE OF THAT IS TRUE BECAUSE [
INAUDIBLE ] TO FIND OUT WHAT
I'M DOING, WHICH IS NOTHING.
EVERYTHING I DO IS LEGAL. IF IT
TAKES THAT LONG, YOU ARE POOR
COPS AND DOING A POOR JOB AND
BESIDES, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY IN
THE NEWS FOR VIOLATING THE
CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS,
INNOCENT PEOPLE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. MALONE. I
KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION BEFORE AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMING. IF I
COULD JUST SAY ONE THING, AND I
KNOW THIS WAS ABOUT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU COULD
COME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
MEETING TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS,
THEY FALL UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY,
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING
HERE AND EXPRESSING THAT. I
DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WHAT YOU
SAID BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS
IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE MORE THAN
WELCOME TO COME TO COUNCIL
MEETINGS ON TUESDAYS. YES,
MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND, BUT THANK
YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? WE WILL
NOW PROCEED WITH ITEMS OF
BUSINESS. THE CUT PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES OR DESIGNEE TO
EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
WITH KING COUNTY TO RECEIVE
PAYMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF
RESIDUAL WASTE FROM MATERIAL
RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126955, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2024
BUDGET, CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, AND FROM
VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET,
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS ALL BY A
THREE FOURTHS VOTE OF CITY
COUNCIL. THIS IS FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
PRESENTING TODAY IS ANDREW LEE,
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, SALLY
HULSMAN , AND BRIAN GOOD NIGHT,
FROM LOCAL STAFF.
>> WE WOULD LIKE OUR PHENOMENAL
CENTRAL STUFF TO BE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
I WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING UP
FRONT FOR THE COMMITTEE WHICH
IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL ABOUT
THIS ITEM WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
THE SECOND TIME THE COUNCIL
WILL BE CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF
AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY FOR RESIDUAL SOLID
WASTE. LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL
APPROVED ORDINANCE 126796 AND
APPROVED ON THE WAS
SUBSEQUENTLY SIMILAR TO THIS
ONE OF THE DAY. REVISIONS TO
THE AGREEMENT LAST YEAR WERE
MADE. REVISIONS WERE
COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED
BETWEEN BOTH THE KING COUNTY
SOLID WASTE DIVISION IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES BUT BECAUSE OF
THE NEED FOR THE PARTIES TO
SIGN THE SAME TEXT OF THE
AGREEMENT, IT HAS TO COME
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AGAIN
TODAY SO THE LAST THING I WILL
NOTE IS THAT THERE IS A STAFF
MEMO ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY
WHICH INCLUDES ADDITIONAL
DETAILS AND REFERENCES.
>> THANK YOU. WITH ME THIS
AFTERNOON ARE JEFF FOWLER,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SOLID WASTE
LINE IN BUSINESS AND SALLY
HULSMAN COME OUR SOLID WASTE
LINE MANAGER. WE ARE HERE TO
REQUEST THE COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT
FOR LEGISLATION THAT WILL
SETTLE A COMMUTE BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY AROUND
SOLID WASTE COLLECTED BY THE
COUNTY OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE AND
PROCESSED IN THE CITY. UNDER
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL
OF GARBAGE PROCESSED WITHIN THE
CITY LIMITS OF SPEED REQUIRED
TO BE SENT TO A SPU. THE
AGREEMENT SPECIFIES METHODOLOGY
AND THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENTS
BETWEEN PARTIES.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD
AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. AS
ANDREW BRIEF DUE, WE ARE
PRESENTING ON A PROPOSED
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND KING COUNTY
RELATED TO THE DISPOSAL OF
WASTE GENERATED RECYCLING
FACILITIES IN SEATTLE . THIS
AGREEMENT WAS PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL IN 2023. HOWEVER,
FOLLOWING THIS, THE COUNTY
NEEDED TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES TO
THE AGREEMENT WHICH REQUIRES
RHE PASSAGE. THE PURPOSE TODAY
IS TO SECURE COUNCIL APPROVAL
OF THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
SPU TO ENTER INTO THE LOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY WITH
THE MINOR CHANGES THE COUNTY
MADE. THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
PASSED BY THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL . THE CITY IN THE
COUNTY SEND RECYCLABLES TO
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITIES
LOCATED IN SEATTLE. THESE
FACILITIES ARE OFTEN REFERRED
TO AS [ INAUDIBLE ] THIS
MATERIAL THAT IS NOT RECYCLABLE
IS RESIDUAL AND NOT RECYCLABLE.
WE MUST PAY FOR THE
JURISDICTION THAT DISPOSALS OF
IT. IN 2013, MATERIALS WERE
DIRECTED TO THE KING COUNTY AND
FILLED AS DIRECTED BY THE CODE.
THE CITY REACHED OUT TO KING
COUNTY TO DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE
THE CITY BELIEVES THE RESIDUALS
ARE CREATED IN SEATTLE AND
SHOULD GO TO THE CITIES
DISPOSAL SYSTEM AND WE ARE
BOUND BY OUR CODE TO DISPOSE OF
THEM IN SEATTLE. THE CITY AND
COUNTY WORKED COLLABORATIVELY
TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE
BEFORE THE RESIDUALS SHOULD
ULTIMATELY BE DISPOSED. AT THE
BEGINNING OF THESE DISCUSSIONS,
THE CITY AND COUNTY AGREED TO
SPLIT THE PORTION OF RESIDUALS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTY
50-50 UNTIL THE ISSUE COULD BE
RESOLVED. THROUGH MULTIPLE
DISCUSSIONS, THE CITY AND
COUNTY WERE UNABLE TO AGREE IN
THE CITY INITIATED A LAWSUIT
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
COUNTY TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT
FROM KING COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT. FOLLOWING THE FILING,
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY CAME
TOGETHER AGAIN TO CONTINUE
DISCUSSIONS OF A POSSIBLE
AGREEMENT THAT WOULD SATISFY
BOTH PARTIES. THE AGREEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AS THE
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU
TODAY. THE RECYCLING FACILITIES
PAYS THE CITY OF SEATTLE $146
PER TON TO DISPOSE OF
RESIDUALS. THE CITY THEN PAYS
TO HANDLE AND TRANSPORT THE
RESIDUALS BY RAIL AND DISPOSE
OF THEM AT THE LANDFILL. THE
NET $79 PER TON SUPPORTS SPU
SOLID WASTE PROGRAMS AND
ADMINISTRATION. THE AGREEMENT
WOULD PICK UP KING COUNTY FOR
THEIR PORTION OF THE RESIDUALS.
IN RETURN, 100% OF THE
RESIDUALS IN THE COUNTY WILL BE
PROCESSED ARE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE DISPOSAL SYSTEM WHICH
IS TWICE AS MUCH AS WE ARE
RECEIVING UNDER THE CURRENT
AGREEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE
AGREEMENT FOR THE KING COUNTY
PORTION IS LOWER PER TON, THE
ADDITIONAL TONNAGE RESULTS IN
AN OVERALL PROJECTED INCREASE
OF APPROXIMATELY HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR FOR
THE CITY. AS I MENTIONED, THE
ILA WAS PASSED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL IN 2023. KING COUNTY
MADE EDITS TO THE ILA PRIOR TO
PASSING IT AT THE END OF 2023.
THESE EDITS CONSISTED OF MINOR
WORDING EDITS AND CLARIFICATION
OF HOW THE PAYMENTS ARE
CALCULATED, ADDING A
CALCULATION GRAPHIC THAT WAS
INSERTED INTO THE ILA. WE ARE
HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR RHE
PASSAGE OF THE ILA. ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COLLEAGUES, I OPEN IT UP TO
YOU IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS
SO FAR. COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANTED
TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. GOOD
NIGHT -- GOODNIGHT FOR YOUR
MEMO. I HAVE IT HERE REVIEWING
IT AND THANK YOU FOR THE
BRIEFING HAD A LITTLE BIT
SEPARATE FROM THE TOPIC , ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT OVER THE
YEARS I'VE COME AWAY WITH IS
THE IDEA OF DIRTY RECYCLING.
THIS IS WHY CHINA IS NOT TAKEN
OUR RECYCLING ANYMORE SO I WAS
A LITTLE BIT SURPRISE THE
RESIDUALS, THE CONTAMINANTS, IN
THIS DEPICTION, AS SMALL AS IT
IS, IS THIS AN ACCURATE -- WHAT
IS THE LEVEL OF CONTAMINANTS
RELATIVE TO THE -- BASICALLY
I'M LOOKING TO SPEAK TO THIS
NICE GRAPHIC BECAUSE IT IS
CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU HEAR IN
THE NEWS, THE WHOLE ISSUE OF
CHINA REJECTING BECAUSE TOO
MUCH OF IT WAS CONTAMINATED SO
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW IF
THE GRAPHIC IS REPRESENTATIVE
BUT RESIDUALS ARE IN THE NINE
TO 10% RANGE ON AVERAGE , OF
WHAT COMES OUT THE BACK END.
SOME FACILITIES ARE BETTER THAN
OTHERS BUT THE TECHNOLOGY IS
ALWAYS IMPROVING TO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF RESIDUALS AS TIME
GOES ON. WE ARE FORTUNATE WE
HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL COMPANIES
IN THE AREA , INCLUDING CANADA
, THAT DO TAKE OUR MATERIALS
BUT I WAS SAY ON AVERAGE, IT IS
IN THAT NINE TO 12% RANGE ON
AVERAGE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. AS ONE
WHO CLEANS HIS RECYCLABLES AT
HOME, TRY TO DO MY PART TO
ASSURE WE DON'T HAVE
CONTAMINATED RECYCLING. THANK
YOU.
>> AWESOME. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS? COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> I HAVE READ THE FISCAL NOTE
AND THE STAFF MEMO AND THE
LETTER STARTS WITH WHAT
HAPPENED IN 2021 THEN GOES
THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED SINCE
THEN. HOW WAS THE WASTE -- HOW
ARE THE RESIDUALS AND THE COST
ALLOCATED BEFORE 2021, LET'S
JUST SAY THROUGH 2019 , THE
LAST ONE WE KNOW OF AND WHERE
WERE THE LOCATIONS PLEASE?
>> YES, BEFORE KING COUNTY
ASKED THEM TO SEND THE
RESIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PORTION FROM KING COUNTY BACK
TO THE LANDFILL, SEATTLE WAS
MANAGING 100% OF THE RESIDUALS
AND THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE
SEATTLE SYSTEM THAT GOES ON
TRIAL AND GOES DOWN TO THE
LANDFILL IN OREGON.
>> AND, WAS THERE --
>> THERE WAS NO PAYMENT TO KING
COUNTY. THAT WAS ALL SEATTLE'S
REVENUE.
>> SEATTLE'S REVENUE, BUT WERE
THERE COSTS TO THE CITY?
>> THE SAME COST PER TON OF
GARBAGE TO HAUL IT AWAY. THE
SAME ASSOCIATED COSTS TO GET
RID OF THE MATERIALS.
>> AND, I MIGHT HAVE MISSED
THIS. I WAS READING THROUGH
EVERYTHING. HOW LONG WOULD THIS
CONTRACT LAST? IS THIS UNTIL IT
COMES UP AGAIN?
>> THE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE
UNLESS -- EITHER PARTY HAS THE
ABILITY TO TERMINATED AT ANY
TIME . THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
DAYS YOU SHOULD GIVE THE OTHER
SIDE A HEADS UP BUT I DON'T
RECALL EXACTLY BUT BOTH SIDES
HAVE THE ABILITY TO TERMINATE
AT ANY TIME.
>> IS THERE ANY REASON WHY KING
COUNTY WOULD TERMINATED OR WE
WOULD?
>> IF COSTS CHANGE
SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE COULD NOT
AGREE ON PRICE MAYBE, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH.
I CAN'T THINK OF A REASON WHY
WE WOULD NECESSARILY WANT TO
CANCEL IT.
>> YEAH, NO WORRIES. THAT'S
GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.
WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT WITH
WASTE MANAGEMENT EXPIRE? I'M
THINKING OF COSTS. WHAT IF
THEIR LABOR COSTS GO UP AND
THERE ARE UNFORESEEN ADDITIONAL
COSTS TO US?
>> 2028, I BELIEVE, IS THE
DISPOSAL CONTRACT WILL BE UP.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DON'T
WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA PUTS ME ON
THE SPOT ALL THE TIME. I GOT A
GET ON HIM FOR THAT. OKAY, SO I
KNOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BILL 120790. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS AFTER THIS? CLERK,
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ,
RECOMMENDATION THE CITY PASS
COUNSEL BILL 120790.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE
>> AYE
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON
>> AYE
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, UNOPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES
AS AMENDED AND WILL BE SENT TO
MAY 28, 2024, THE COUNCIL
MEETING. THANK YOU, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, FOR THAT. I
KNOW I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE
TO SAY THIS AND ONE FOR THE
RECORD LIKE WE ARE SUPER LUCKY
TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT PUBLIC
UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AND
DIRECTOR LEE, YOU'VE BEEN
PHENOMENAL. I KNOW I THREW THAT
WORD AROUND A LOT BUT YOU'VE
BEEN JUST LIKE YOUR INTEGRITY
AND YOUR SMARTNESS, YOUR
THOUGHTFULNESS AND BEEN ABLE TO
WALK US THROUGH EVERYTHING I
WANTED TO THANK YOU. I DID NOT
HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY THAT IN
THE LAST MEETING WE WERE AT BUT
WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY SO
THANK YOU.
>> CAN I ADD A THANK YOU, MR.
LEE AND DIRECTOR LEE, FOR HER
TRIP TO THE WEST POINT
TREATMENT PLANT. DON'T FORGET
ABOUT THAT. REALLY APPRECIATE
THE BRIEFING THERE AND YOU
JOINING IN ON THAT. THAT WAS
GREAT ORIENTATION, GREAT
EDUCATION IN TERMS OF WHAT WEST
POINT DOES FOR US, AND WHAT WE,
AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP
OURSELVES AS IT RELATES TO THE
WASTE REMOVAL AND THE LIKE AND
THEN THE OTHER PROJECTS IN
TERMS OF STORMWATER RUNOFF AND
THAT. EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER
AT THAT POINT AND SO REALLY
APPRECIATED THE TOUR ON THE
EXPLANATION AND YOU JOINING AND
PERSONALLY ON THAT FOR, SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AFTER THE TOUR, BOB WENT
HOME AND MADE SURE THAT HE TOOK
ALL HIS FLUSHABLE WIPES AND
THREW THEM AWAY. HE DIDN'T
FLUSH THEM ANYMORE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
WITH THAT, THERE ARE NO FURTHER
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. TO
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY OTHER
ITEMS OF BUSINESS TODAY? SEEING
NONE, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MAY
22nd, 2024 MEETING IN RECORD
TIME. OUR NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY, NO, IT'S DIFFERENT.
OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL
BE ON THE WEBSITE. I DON'T
KNOW THE EXACT DATE, BUT AT
2:00 P.M. IF THERE IS NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING
IS ADJOURNED. HEARING NONE, IT
IS TO: 27 IN THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.