TO APOLOGIZE FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN WAITING ONLINE.
WE HAD SOME
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SO WE'RE
STARTING
LATE. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. [ ROLL CALL ]
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WILL
BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNT
ILMEMBER JAR EDZ IS EXCUSED FROM
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
FOLKS, THE REASON WE'RE HAVING
A
CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY
DURING THE BUDGET
DELIBERATION IS TO VOTE ON THREE
PIECE OF
LEGISLATION SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER.
TWO OF THEM ARE COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT UPDATES
AND THE THIRD IS THE APPOINTMENT
OF BONNIE GLENN AS DIRECTOR OF
THE
OFFICE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THE OTHER IS TIME SENSITIVE
BECAUSE
THERE IS A 30- DAYTIME
LIMIT BETWEEN THE MAYOR
TRANSMITTING APPOINTMENT
LEGISLATION AND
COUNCIL FORMALLY APPOINTING OR
CONFIRMING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOING THIS
TODAY.
THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN
THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT
IS LIMITED
TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
J END A THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
COUNCIL
PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE
SIGNED
UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE THREE IN PERSON
AND
FOUR REMOTE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY
TWO MINUTES AND START WITH THE
IN-PERSON
COMMENTERS.
>> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN
THE ORDER REGISTERED.
SPEAK WILL HEAR A CHIME.
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT,
SPEAKERS' TIME WILL BE MUTED
IF THEY DON'T END COMMENTS
WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO
ALLOW US
TO CALL ON THE FIRST
SPEAKER.
>> THERE ARE ONLY THREE
SPEAKERS, GABRIEL
HALSTON, YVETTE DENNISH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO I
ONCE SUGGESTING TO
THE COUNCIL THAT FOR DISCUSSING
CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS WITH
THE PUBLIC LIKE
THE SURVEILLANCE BILL TWO MONTHS
AGO, I THINK
THE REDDIT FORMAT WOULD BE THE
MOST CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO
DO IT. I LISTENED TO 128128
COMMENTERS AND I
WAS TABULATING THE POINTS THEY
MADE LIKE PEOPLE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS AND
OVERWHELMING THE COMMENT
WAS ACCESS BY
I.C.E. AND SKIPPING
THE TWO-YEAR ANNOUNCED PILOT
PERIOD. THERE WAS THE GUY WHO
SHOWED
UP AND SAID HE WANTED TO
EAT ALL OF YOU.
REMEMBER THAT?
THAT'S NOT
ON HERE. I TABULATED THAT.
AND THE REDDIT Q AND A AND THE
WAY THIS WOULD WORK IS
THE EVERYBODY VOTES IT UP AND
THEN YOU CAN RESPOND AND PEOPLE
CAN ASK FOLLOW- UP QUESTIONS.
THE THING WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT IS EVEN IF YOU SINCERELY
WANT
TO ANSWER PEOPLE'S
COMMENT, OOH EASY TO LOSE TRACK
OF
WHAT PEOPLE SAID.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN
SEE THE MOST COMMON THING WAS
ABOUT
I.C.E. AND IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT DID TALK ABOUT
SAFEGUARDS
IN PLACE AND THERE WERE
OTHER THINGS THAT GOT LOST IN
THE
SHUFFLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID
THERE WAS ANNOUNCED A TWO-
YEAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
ASKED WHY THAT WAS BEING
SKIPPED.
THE ANSWER IS THAT THE
EARLY RESULTS WERE SO GOOD THAT
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO
SKIP AHEAD WITH IT OR HAD THE
PROBLEM
GOTTEN WORSE THAT IT
WAS JUSTIFIED TO
SKIP AHEAD. I MEAN, IF THAT'S
WHAT YOU
WANTED TO SAY, FINE, BUT I
THINK SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE WANTED
TO
ADDRESS THAT.
SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
A STUDY FROM 2019 ABOUT
THE EFFECTS OF CCTV ON CRIME.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE SAID THAT
CCTV REDUCED PROPERTY CRIME,
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT
ON VIOLENT CRIME, AND YOU KNOW,
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY THINK
DESERVED
A RESPONSE. I MEAN, IT IS TRUE
THAT
SEATTLE DOES HAVE LOWER
VIOLENT CRIME THAN OTHER CITIES
AND HAS THE
HIGHER RATE OF PROPERTY CRIME.
SO THE POINT THAT EVEN IF THE
STUDY IT IS SHOWED THAT, OR
THAT PROPERTY CRIME WAS
THE POINT? I SINCERELY THINK
THIS IS A
BETTER WAY TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION. I AM NOT TRYING TO
TRICK YOU.
ONE OR MORE OF YOU CAN DO A
REDDIT Q AND A ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>>
GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR
WHICH IT
STANDS.
ONE NATION,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I CAME HERE REGARDING A
BUDGET AND I CAME HERE LAST TIME
AND IT
WAS SO PACKED.
CRAY, CRAY.
I AM HERE REGARDING THE
SNAP CUTTING AND PARTICULARLY IT
WAS SO SWIFT I VOLUNTEERED FOR
THE GOOD FOOD
BAG PACKING AND WHEN I WENT LAST
WEEK THEY CALLED AND
SAID THEY WERE GETTING EXTRA
FUNDING, AND I THOUGHT THAT
WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND WITH
THE EXTRA FUNDING THEY'LL BE
WITH THE FIRST ORGANIC
VEGETABLES
AND THEY WOULD ADD SHELF-
STABLE FOOD LIKE RICE AND BEANS
AND
THOSE THINGS THAT THEY SENT OUT.
TODAY WHEN I WAS THERE WE
PACKED 478 GOOD FOOD BAGS TO GO
TO
PRESCHOOLS SO
THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK
YOU REGARDING THE BUDGET WITH
THE DEEPEST OF AFFECTION AND
RESPECT
THAT YOU ALL ARE WONKS
AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING.
GOING THROUGH THAT MINUTIA
AND DETAIL AND STAYING WITH IT,
GODGOD YOU ALL.
I CAME LAST WEEK HOPING TO
PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE
FUNDING FOR THE DETECTIVE COOKIE
CHESS PARK.
SHE HAS 40 KIDS
EVERY WEEK. THEY GO TO
TOURNAMENTS, ET CETERA AND THE
GIFTS OF HOPE,
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION
I COLLABORATE WITH, THEY
DO WONDERFUL STUFF WITH THE
YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
LET'S SEE -- LASTLY, I JUST
WANTED
TO KNOW WHEN WILL THE BUDGET
BE FINALIZED?
BECAUSE I'M JUST KIND OF
CURIOUS, WHEN THIS PROCESS WILL
BE DONE?
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE WORK YOU DO AND KEEP IT UP.
AND I'VE GOT TO LEAVE
BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER
GIG TO GO
TO.
>> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS GABRIEL.
>> HOWDY, FOLKS.
MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ.
I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO THINK
ABOUT A YEAR AGO TODAY
EXACTLY, ACTUALLY.
I CAME TO THIS COUNCIL AND
TOLD MANY PEOPLE ON THIS DEUS
THAT
IF THEY CONTINUED ON THIS WAY
THEY WOULD BE VOTED OUT LIKE
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WILL.
I SPOKE ABOUT THE ANTI-
WORKER, AND THE FAILED
POLICY AND THE CLEAR CONTEMPT
FOR THE WORKING
PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN
COUNCIL MEMBERS FIGHT TO RELAX
ETHICS,
AND COST THE CITY MILLIONS
AND MORE CONTEMPT FOR THE CITY.
HOW DID THIS END UP?
WITH AN ALMOST 30- POINT
LOSS FOR THE CURRENT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, A NEW MAYOR
AND NEW CITY ATTORNEY.
I AM ASKING EITHER LISTEN TO US
AND ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR US OR
JOIN US IN THIS SIDE OF THE
TABLE. IT HAPPENED TO WU.
IT HAPPENED TO NELSON.
WHICH ONE OF YOU ON THE
DEUS WANTS TO BE NEXT.
ALSO, WHICH I HAVE A FULL
MINUTE, I ALSO WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE NEW OPA PERSON.
SDPA HAS A MASSIVE
ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE.
DURING 2020 ESPECIALLY, BUT
ALSO DURING CAL ANDERSON
PROTESTS.
I GOT AN OVERVIEW FOR THIS,
AND I PROMISE YOU, THE
STUFF YOU WILL SEE COME OUT OF
THIS
IS
HORRIFIC. YOU SEE THERE WAS A
QUOTE FROM
AN OFFICER WHO SAID, AND I'M
GOING TO QUOTE, AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR THE OFFICER WHO
SAID WE'RE
GOING TO GO IN HEAVY AND PUT IN
FUCKING WORK
AND THAT WAS WHEN NO CRIMES WERE
BEING COMMITTED AND THAT'S HOW
THE CURRENT POLICE FEELS ABOUT
THE CITY.
YOU NEED OFFICERS WHO WANT TO
HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE AND THIS
CURRENT OPA PERSON WILL NOT DO
THAT AND I URGE YOU
TO VOTE NO
ON THE CURRENT OPA. THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
WE HAVE FOUR REMOTE
SPEAKERS
SIGNED UP. A REMINDER TO OUR
REMOTE SPEAKERS TO PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6
AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE
MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED.
OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER
IS HOWARD GILL AND HOWARD WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ.
GO AHEAD, HOWARD.
ARE YOU THERE, HOWARD?
>> HIS PHONE MIGHT BE ON MUTE.
>> SORRY.
MY BAD. MY BAD.
SORRY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOWARD GILL,
DISTRICT 7. TODAY YOU ARE
CONSIDERING APPOINTING THE THIRD
DIRECTOR
FOR THE BRIEF EIGHT- YEAR
EXISTENCE. THIS APPOINTMENT WAS
DONE WITH AN ASTOUNDING LACK
OF TRANSPARENCY AND RUSH
THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE BUSY ELECTION AND BUDGET
SEASON.
THE TWO PREVIOUS OPA
DIRECTORS LEFT OR WERE FIRED IN
DISGRACE.
OPA'S FIRST DIRECTOR WHEN HE
WAS CITY ATTORNEY HAD
FALSELY PROSECUTED AFRICAN-
AMERICAN PARAPLEGIC MAN BEATEN
BY
SPD OFFICERS RESULTING IN COURT
SANCTIONS AGAINST HIM AND
WAS THEREFORE REJECTED FOR THE
JOB FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN
PHOENIX. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A
FLAWED VETTING AND TRANSPARENCY
SYSTEM.
THIS APPOINTMENT MUST
BE REJECTED FOR AT LEAST
THREE MAJOR REASONS IN A
DECISION TO THE LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AND
THE ABYSMAL HISTORY OF PRIOR
APPOINTMENTS.
GLENN HAS SPENT ALMOST HALF HIS
CAREER AS
PROSECUTOR, CONSIDERING THAT THE
OPA HAS
FAILED TO HAVE
CONSISTENT INVESTIGATIONS AND
HOLD ANY
OFFICER ACCOUNTAGE FOR THE
EGREGIOUS SPD KILLINGS OVER THE
LAST EIGHT YEARS.
TWO OF THEM JUST THIS YEAR.
SECOND, FWLEN GLENN HAS STATED
THAT
ALLOWED THAT SKILLED CIVILIAN
INVESTIGATORS CAN INVESTIGATE, A
CLAIM THAT IS
HIGHLY DECEPTIVE AND THAT IT
CONTRADICTS MANDATES
IN THE UNIQUE CONTRACT THAT
SPD MUST TAKE THE LEAD ON
ANY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION
IN AT LEAST TWO- THIRDS WILL
REMAIN
SPD
OFFICERS. OVER FOUR AND A HALF
YEARS
AGO, WASHINGTON STATE CREATED
A UNIT FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE
THAT BANS POLICE HAVE
INVESTIGATING
POLICE, YET SEATTLE CLINGS
TO THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND
UNJUST SYSTEMS.
ALL OF THESE THIS GLENN SUPPORTS
THIS OUTDATED AND UNJUST MODEL.
WITH
THE NEW COUNCIL TAKING OFFICE IN
JUST WEEKS, IT
IS EXTRAORDINARILY UNFAIR TO DO
IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO LET
THE COUNCIL MAKE
A MUCH MORE
REASONABLE AND TRANSPARENT
CHOICE.
>>
ALBERTO ALVAREZ? PLEASE PRESS
STAR 6.
>> THANK YOU.
TODAY COUNCIL WILL APPOINT
MEMBERS TO THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE BOARD. BOARD
APPOINTEES MUST
REMEMBER THAT POLITICIAN
LANDLORD MARITZA
RIVERA IS ON RECORD
FOR TRYING TO SABOTAGE EDI
PROJECTS BY
THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF
PERSON THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO
THE
EDI BOARD.
RIVERA BACKED DOWN ONLY AFTER
FACING A MULTI- HOUR PUBLIC
SHAMING FROM THE COMMUNITY
SHE WAS TARGETING.
RIVERA IS ALSO -- ALSO TOOK AN
OFFICIAL VOTE TO TRY AND
LIFT ETHICS RULES TO ENRICH
HERSELF AS A LANDLORD.
IN ADDITION, SHE ENDANGERED
PORT OF SEATTLE OPERATIONS,
VOTING TO CLASS
FAMILIES IN THE HEART OF
REGIONAL FREIGHT
LINES SO THAT HER WEALTHY
FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS WOULDN'T HAVE TO
PITCH IN WITH
HOUSING IN THE COMP PLAN.
ALL IN ALL, THE EDI BOARD
HAS THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM
WITH
A POLITICIAN LIKE MARITZA
RIVERA.
SHE IS EITHER FULLY CORRUPT
OR DANGEROUSLY IGNORANT.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE HOURS
OF PUBLIC SHAMING TO STOP
PEOPLE LIKE HER FROM
HARMING
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD
DAY.
>> STEVEN HAYNES?
>> HI.
STEVEN HAYNES. THE WORKERS NEED
A
THREE AND A HALF DAY WORKWEEK,
SEVEN-DAY
PAY, DOUBLE THE SHIFTS
AND BOOST OF MORE
OFMORALE, IT'S BEEN
REJECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
SINCE THE COUNCIL PITULATED TO
THE MAYOR DEFENDING
CRIMINALS CONNECTED TO THE
UNDERWORLD THAT
MADE ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICIES MOOT AND USED THE ABUSE
OF FREE PRESS ALLOWING FOR
A MANIPULATION OF THE TRUTH
AND THE REALITY OF CRIME HOT
SPOTS BEING DISPERSED TO ANOTHER
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO LET
THEM TO ROAM AROUND BELL TOWN
AND
FURTHER DESTROY
IT. THAT SAID, THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
ADVISORY BOARD EVIDENTLY GETS
$75
AN HOUR TO BE RACIST AND LOOK
THROUGH
A LENS OF POLICIES, LINING THE
POCKETS OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER AND GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTERS
WHO SHOOK DOWN AND CONTINUE
TO INTIMIDATE AND RACE BAIT
COUNCIL AND LINE THEIR POCKETS
WITH SIX- FIGURE SALARIES, BEING
RACIST IN THEIR AGENDA BASING
THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON AN
IGNORANT PAST THAT THEY
REGURGITATE
WITH HATE PROVING TWO WRONGS
DON'T
MAKE IT RIGHT WHILE ALLOWING
A SHAKING DOWN OF CITY HALL WITH
OVERSIGHT TAX DOLLARS AND
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
AND
IMPLEMENTING A RACE WAR WITHIN
THE PUBLIC PLAYOFFS FROM
PROTESTERS TO
DISTRACT FROM THE FACT THAT
SELF- HEALING
CONFLICT OF INTEREST LANDLORDS
WHO
DON'T HAVE A RESTRICTION
WITH SABOTAGES AND INTEGRITY OF
THE
POLICIES OF THE LAST FEW
YEARS THAT DISTRACT --
THAT JUSTIFY HAVING THE
DEPARTMENT
OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY DO AN
AUDIT OF THIS BUDGET TO FIND
OUT HOW MANY TENS OF MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS HAVE SUBJECTED
THIS COMMUNITY TO BY LOOKING
THROUGH AN IGNORANT LENS OF
RACISM,RACISM, THAT ARE LIKE THE
POCKETS OF PROTESTERS THAT NEED
TO BE --
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED
SPEAKER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE REACHED THE END
OF OUR LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SIGNED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC
COMMENT. SO WE WILL PROCEED.
IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE REFERRAL CALENDAR
WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AND
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL HAVE
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND
THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ARE
THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28th
AND NOVEMBER 23rd, 2025.
COUNCIL BILLS 121 THROUGH
111 AND 121 THROUGH 112, PAYMENT
OF
THE BILLS AND FIVE
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS
COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT
CALENDAR?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF
THE
CONSENT CALENDAR? [ ROLL CALL ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR
ITEMS ARE ADOPTED.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF?
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEMS 1 AND 2
INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS, 1 AND 2.
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF
A MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS, 177, UNIT FOR
THE PERIOD OF EFFECTIVE JANUARY
1,
2025, THROUGH DECEMBER
31st, 2025.
COUNCIL 121078 AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL
BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL
WORKERS LOCAL NUMBER
77, INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS UNIT
FOR THE
PERIOD EFFECTIVE JANUARY
1st, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31s
t,
2026.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
SO BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN
READ INTO THE RECORD AND I'LL
ADDRESS BOTH OF THEM AND THEN
THE
BILLS WILL BE OPEN TO COMMENT
AND THEN
WE'LL VOTE -- WE'LL MOVE
EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY AND VOTE
ON
THEM.
SO BOTH THIS AND THE
NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION ARE
UPDATES
TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS FOR TWO DIFFERENT
GROUPS OF
EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY LOCAL
77 AND PROPOSE A
ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS OF
EXISTING COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO
BOTH PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION
RIGHT
NOW.
SO COUNCIL BILL 121017
UPDATES BETWEEN THE CITY AND
LOCAL
77 FOR CONSTRUCTION
MAINTENANCE WORKERS IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER. IT PROPOSES A
RETROACTIVE
ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF
AN AGREEMENT THAT ENDED
DECEMBERDECEMBER 2024, INCLUDES
A 4%
WAGE INCREASE RETROACTIVE TO THE
BEGINNING OF 2025 THAT
IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE AN
INCREMENTAL COST OF 496,000.
IT AFFECTS 44
REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY
APPOINTEES IN THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
AND MAINTAINS ALL OTHER
PRIOR PROVISIONS AND
COUNCIL BILL 121098 UPDATES THE
CBA
BETWEEN THE CITY AND LOCAL 77
FOR I.T.
PROFESSIONALS AND IT PROPOSES A
ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE
CURRENT AGREEMENT
EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2025,
INCLUDES A
3. 6% WAGE INCREASE FOR
2026 WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
AN INCREMENTAL COST OF
ABOUT 3.4 MILLION AND MAINTAINS
--
AND IT MAINTAINS ALL
PRIOR PROVISIONS AND AFFECTS 445
REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY
EMPLOYEES.
SO I HAVE ASKED AMANDA ALLEN
FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO BE HERE IN
THE AUDIENCE IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, AND
SHE
DID SEND TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION
ON NOVEMBER 6th
AND THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR
INBOXES.
ARE THERE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON ITEMS 1 OR 2?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS WE'LL NOW MOVE EACH
BILL
SEPARATELY. I MOVE TO PASS
COUNCIL BILL
121097.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO
PASS THE BILL. ARE THERE FINAL
COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 121097.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUS?
>> YES.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF. FOR ITEM 2 THAT WAS
ALREADY READ
INTO THE RECORD I MOVE TO PASS
121098.
SECOND?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WOULD
THE CLERK CALL THE RAUL ON THE
PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>>
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS.
>> YES.
>> HOLLINGSWORTH.
>>
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WOULD THE CLERK AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF AND FINALLY WE'LL
GET TO ITEM 3, WILL THE
CLERK READ ITEM 3 INTO THE
RECORD.
APPOINTMENT 3328 BONNIE GLENN
AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH
THE TERM OF DECEMBER 2026.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE,
SPONSORED AND RECOGNIZED TO MOVE
THE
ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, I MOVE TO CONFIRM
APPOINTMENT 3328.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT
AND WILL OUR
PRESENTERS PLEASE INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES
AND PROCEED?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ANDREW
MEYERBERG, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR
MAYOR HAROLD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
BONNIE GLENN, OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELVES.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
OUR GUESTS TO SPEAK
AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AT THE
TABLE.
HEARING NONE, AGAIN, WE
ARE DOING THIS IN AN
IRREGULAR FASHION BECAUSE OF THE
TIME
LIMIT ON THIS TRANSMITTAL OF
THE APPOINTMENT.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED. NOW, COUNCIL
MEMBER KETTLE, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED TO
PROVIDEPROVIDE
REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> YES.
NORMALLY WE WORK
THROUGH COMMITTEE AND BRING IT
TO
COUNCIL, BUT
OBVIOUSLY, DURING THE PERIOD OF
BUDGET WE CAN'T
DO THAT.
SO WE'RE IN THIS SPECIAL
SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN
TODAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I
HAVEHAVE
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MISS
GLENN AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
OPA DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD AND I AM PART OF THE
PROCESS.
I'VE DONE INTERVIEWS WITH
GLENN, AND I JUST WANTED TO
NOTENOTE
MOVING FORWARD THAT SHE HAS
BEEN THE ACTING DIRECTOR BEFORE
THAT
DEPUTY DEBTOR OF OPA, OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
BEFORE, THAT THE OFFICE
OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND
ALSO WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES,
ONGOING ADJUNCT AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW,
VERY IMPORTANT, AND YEAH, SHE
WAS AT THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE THAT.
SHE COMES TO US WITH A VERY WIDE
EXPERIENCE WHICH I THINK
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
ROLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF VARIED
EXPERIENCE.
IT'S NOT TIED INTO ONE AREA OF
LAW, AND THOSE PIECES HERE ARE
WITHIN THE STATE AND THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY WHICH ALSO
GIVES
A BREADTH OF UNDERSTANDING
IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE LOCALLY AND WHO THE
VARIOUS PLAYERS ARE, THE OFFICES
AND
INDIVIDUALS. SO SHE COMES TO US
WITH A GREAT
AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE THAT
IS SOLID AND THEN BRINGS
THESE DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER.
AS NOTED IN THE Q AND A BACK AND
FORTH. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR
THE
QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE
QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS AND
HOW IMPORTANT
ACCOUNTABILITY IS IN WORKING
WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
OFFICE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
AND
HIGHLIGHTING THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE BEEN
DOING. IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT
PIECE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO WORK
TO
IMPROVE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE OPA
AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD
OUR CHIEF OF POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS LEGISLATION WHICH
REALLY HELPED
OPA BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIT OF A
BOTTLENECK THAT WE HAD.
WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK
IN TERMS OF THE LABOR SIDE WHICH
IS STILL TO BE FINISHED, BUT
PIECES LEAK THE HUNDRED- DAY
INVESTIGATION AND FRONT
LINE INVESTIGATIONS
WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND
SOME OF
THE OTHER PIECES BRING TO FORE
OUR
EFFORT TO IMPROVE AND
BASICALLY SET UP OPA FOR SUCCESS
AND
THEN THAT PACE, AS WELL, MISS
GLENN.
I THINK MISS GLENN BRINGS THE
LEADERSHIP PIECE. I'VE SEEN
THIS IN
MY DISCUSSIONS WITH HER IN THE
REGULAR
MEETINGS SHE HAD, AND SHE
RECOGNIZES THOSE AREAS WHERE WE
NEED TO PUSH FORWARD AND
MEDIATION BEING
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
I KNOW THAT IS VERY HARD,
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY
THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME
PAGE THAT
MEET YAGZ MEDIATION AND
DEVELOPING
THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
SPECIFICALLY
OPA ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK
YOU TO MR. MEYERBURG
FOR ESSENTIALLY SPONSORING THIS
AND
TO MISS GLENN FOR BEING HERE AND
YOUR SERVICE ALREADY AS
ACTING DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR
OF
OPA. COLLEAGUES, WITH THIS
BACKGROUND AND
EXPERIENCE AND THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF,
AGAIN, SETTING UP OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS
FOR SUCCESS TO INCLUDE OPA AND
BY
THE WAY, THIS IS AN
ONGOING PIECE WITH THE GLASS
HALF
EMPTY, AND A GLASS HALF FULL.
IN THIS CASE IT'S A GLASS HALF
FULL. THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE
WORK TO
BE DONE AND PART OF THAT WORK IS
CONFIRMING MISS GLENN AS HEAD
OF OPA.
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR
YOUR
SUPPORT. THANK
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR
THAT
INTRODUCTION.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON, PUBLIC CHAIR
KETTLE
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING
US
TO JOIN YOU TODAY.
WE ANNOUNCE MAYOR
HAROLD'S NOMINEE FOR OFFICE THE
COMMUNITY
>> WHICH INVESTIGATES THE OFFICE
OF
MISCONDUCT. THE COMMUNITY
INFORMED LENS WITH
POLICING AND
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
ONGOING
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE OIG, THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL,
WHICH PROVIDES SYSTEMIC
OVERSIGHT OF SPD.
ALL OF INDEPENDENT BOTH FROM THE
CITY'S POLITICAL BRANCHES AND
FROM EACH OTHER. [ NO AUDIO ]
>> BONNIE GLENN IS THE
MAYOR'S CHOICE TO LEAD OPA.
THE JOB OF OPA DIRECTOR
IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
YOU ARE CONSTANTLY REQUIRED TO
MAKE HARD ECISIONS IN
HIGH- PROFILE CASES AND
PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS A GIVEN.
HOWEVER, AS CHALLENGING AS
THE JOB IS IT'S
EQUALLY REWARDING. YOU HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF
CHANGING POLICING FOR THE
BETTER EVEN
IF INCREMENTALLY. IN LOOKING FOR
THE NEXT
OPA DIRECTOR WE
WANTED SOMEONE WHO WAS CALM
UNDER PRESSURE AND SOMEONE WHO
COULD MAKE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS EACH IN
LIGHT
OF PUBLIC PRESSURE AND SOMEONE
WHO DEMONSTRATORS THE EXPERIENCE
AND EXPERTISE TO DECIDE
COMPLEX CASES AND SOMEONE WHO
VALUES THE
IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS,
BOTH FOR COMPLAINANTS AND
OFFICERS.
SOMEONE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING
OF SEATTLE'S HISTORY AND
DEEP COMMUNITY TIES AND
SOMEONE WHO WAS KIND, AND WHO
HAS A
PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF
LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT.
BONNIE GLENN LEADS ALL OF
THIS
CRITERIA. BONNIE'S NOMINATION
RESULTSED IN
A NATIONAL SEARCH AND
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS,
AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERS AND
FINALLY, MAYOR HAROLD.
ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR I WANT
TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE
FOLKS WHO DID THE INTERVIEWS
FOR THEIR TIME AND FEEDBACK.
IN OUR OPINION, BONNIE
IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO SERVE
AS OPA DIRECTOR.
SHE HAS PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS
A SENIOR LEVEL PROSECUTOR AND AN
ADMINISTRATIVE
LAW JUDGE. SHE CAN STIMP IMPLIFY
FACT PATTERNS.
SHE HAS SERVED ON NUMEROUS
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
BONNIE IS A PROVEN LEADER.
SHE'S DEMONSTRATED THIS DURING
HER TIME AS INTERIM OPA
DIRECTOR. SHE THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSITION AND HIGHLY RESPECTED
BY HER STAFF. LASTLY, IN MY
OPINION, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, BONNIE IS A STRONG
PERSON WITH A STRONG MORAL
COMPASS AND EXACTLY THE KIND OF
BONNIE'S APPOINTMENT TO
CONTINUE LEADING THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WITH
THAT, WITH THE COUNCIL'S
ALLOWANCE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
BONNIE FOR BRIEF REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF OF STAFF
MEYERBERG FOR YOUR KIND WORDS
AND GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCIL CHAIR SARA NELSON AS
WELL AS THETHE
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY
ROBERT KETTLE AND THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL. IT IS, INDEED, A
PRIVILEGE
AND HONOR TO HAVE BEEN LEADING
THE
SEATTLE THE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY. AS INDICATED, I
HAVE SERVED
AS INTERIM DIRECTOR
SINCE MID-DECEMBER OF 2024 AND
INTERIM DIRECTOR SINCE DEPUTY
DIRECTORDIRECTOR SINCE JULY,
SEPTEMBER 27th
OF 2023.
I HAVE OVER 30+ YEARS OF
PUBLIC SERVICE AND HAVE SERVED
IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
IN GOVERNMENT BY CHOICE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE MADE A CHOICE
AND CHOSEN TO WORK IN PUBLIC
SERVICE,
AND HAVE DONE SO
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER FROM LAW
SCHOOL ON, AND YOU KNOW, I ALSO
WANTED TO SAY THAT -- [ NO AUDIO
]
>> WASHINGTON, AS WELL.
BUT I DID WANT TO SAY FOR THE
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE
POSITION, I WON'T BELABOR, BUT
I
DO BELIEVE I AM QUALIFIED
UNIQUELY IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND
YES, I'VE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS
A JUDGE AND BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
INDEPENDENT DECISIONS IN
WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST
MARGINALIZED FOLKS
ESPECIALLY ON SOME CALENDARS AND
PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE, PEOPLE WITH
MEDICAL ISSUES AND ALL TYPES
OF THINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT
IS BEING PARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT
BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED.
ALSO PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE
HAVING A DEEP COMMITMENT, AS
I THINK YOU WERE SHARING,
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, IS IN
MAKING SURE
THAT DUE PROCESS OF THE
INDIVIDUALS BEFORE YOU, THE
ONES MAKING THE COMPLAINT, ET
CETERA.
SO I HAVE A TRACK RECORD
WITH THAT AND SOMETHING VERY
PROUD
ABOUT THAT. I AM ONE OF THOSE
THOSE PERSONS
HAS ALWAYS SEEN AS THE PERSON ON
THE OTHER SIDE, AND
YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT?
SOMEONE AS SOMEONE ELSE'S
FAMILY.
OBVIOUSLY, I'VE WORKED IN
OTHER CAPACITIES YOU CAN SEE
THE DIRECTOR OF JRA FOR THE
STATE, AND THE JUVENILE
ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE ENTRY AS FOR AS HELPING
YOUNG PEOPLE GET
REHABILITATED AM AND YOUTH ON
PAROLE FOR THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR
THEIR STEP DOWN TO GO BACK INTO
THE
COMMUNITIES. ALSO WORKING WITH
>> ON JUVENILE JUSTICE
AND HELPED REVAMP THE
PARTNERSHIP
COUNCIL AND STATE ADVISORY
GROUP. WE WANTED TO REVAMP THAT
AS THE
STATE AND HELPED REVAMP THAT
IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES IN ORDER
TO MAKE SURE FOR FUNDING AND
PROGRAMMING AND SOME CONSISTENCY
ACROSS
THE STATE. AT THAT TIME THERE
WAS ALSO
GRANTS LIKE THE MACARTHUR
FOUNDATION AND COORDINATING A
LOT OF THAT WORK, AS WELL.
SO I SERVED AS THE ADVISER
ON JUVENILE JUSTICE AT THAT
LEVEL.
ALSO, I DID SERVE AS A LEAD
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND ALSO -- JUST
SO YOU KNOW, I WAS A PRECINCT
LEAD AND ONE OF THE FIRST FOR
THE
CITY OF SEATTLE WORKING
WITH COMMUNITIES AND ALSO POLICE
FOR
REPEAT OFFENSES AND SO FORTH
AND WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP
SOLVE
ISSUES THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT,
I PROSECUTED THE HIGH- PROFILE
CASES IN WORKING AND ACTING
DIRECTOR OF THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE UNIT WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TWICE.
I ALSO WORKED AT THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SERVED AS
DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF OF THE KUNG COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
AND WORKED ON A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING AND WE
WORKED ON THE
WHOLE CONTINUUM.
I WORKED IN PREVENTION
INTERVENTION WHICH I DID A LOT
OF WORK IN FOR WHETHER IT
WAS TRUANCY PREVENTION AND
INVESTING
IN THE YOUTH THAT WORKED
WITH KING COUNTY AND THE CITY TO
--
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE
OBVIOUSLY, THE SUPPRESSION
PART OF IT WITH REGARD TO
THE PROSECUTION OF CASES AND
ALSO THE REHABILITATION AND
THE
LEGISLATIVE POLICY. WE'RE
TALKING POLICY, BIG
P LEGISLATIVE AND ALSO
POLICY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU
CAN EFFECTUATE THINGS AND YOU
DON'T NEED THINGS AND YOU
CANCAN
COLLABORATIVELY AND I AM
PROUD OF WORKING AS A
COLLABORATOR
AND
ACROSS SYSTEMS. THE OTHER THINGS
THAT I'VE
DONE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT
LASTLY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT
IS I GUESS MY WORK IN TEACHING
AND
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER
18 YEARS AS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY
AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW
SCHOOL AND ALSO FOR THE
UNIVERSITY AS A
WHOLE, AND I HAVE TO SAY
I RECEIVED AN AWARD, AND I
ACTUALLY WAS SURPRISED.
YOU COULD HAVE BLOWN
ME OVER WITH A FEATHER THEY'D
SAID AT
THAT TIME, THEY SAID 18
YEARS, BUT I HAD BEEN THERE 16
YEARS
AND I WAS SITTING THERE AND I
DID RAISE BOTH HANDS SAYING
OH, MY GOODNESS.
I DID
THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOVE OF
INSPIRING A NEW
GENERATION, THE ENERGY, YOUNG
PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO EFFECTUATE CHANGE
AND
THE NEXT LEVEL AND
BEING A PART OF THINGS LIKE
THIS, BEING A
PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PART
OF BEING RE- ENTRY AND
OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M
VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND
CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK, BUT
WITH ALL THAT
SAID, I DID WANT TO SAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM VERY
INVOLVED WITH MY COMMUNITY AND
THAT IS
MY COMMUNITY WORK BOTH
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
I AM VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH
THE
COMMUNITY. I JUST FINISHED
MODERATING
AND BEING PART OF THE PLANNING
COMMITTEE FOR THE 35th
ANNIVERSARY, AND I'VE BEEN
THERE FOR 35 YEARS.
I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH
JUDGE McCULLOUGH WHEN I WAS
A LAW CLERK BAILIFF WITH
CHARLES B. JOHNSON
AND ALL OF THE FOUNDERS WHO WERE
A PART OF THE
PROGRAM.
WE WERE THERE AND JUST HAD AN
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WITH
THAT PROGRAM AGAIN, AND I'VE
BEEN
ON THE BOARD OF TREE HOUSE AND
THE STATE MINORITY AND
JUSTICE COMMISSION WORKING
WITH COMMUNITY AND WORKING HAND
IN
HAND. IT'S SOMETHING THAT
I'M COMMITTED TO PERSONALLY
AND PROFESSIONALLY.
WITH REGARDS TO MY -- THE
REASON I BROUGHT THOSE THINGS UP
IS
BECAUSE I BRING -- THOSE ARE MY
LIVED
EXPERIENCES, RIGHT? THEY'RE
PROFESSIONAL AND
ALSO PERSONAL THAT I BRING TO
THE
TABLE. I BELIEVE I BRING -- I
GUESS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS I
BELIEVE I'M THE RIGHT PERSON
FOR THE
JOB IS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE
BODY OF WORK, I UNDERSTAND THE
LEGAL
ASPECTS OF IT, BUT
ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE DUE
PROCESS
AND COMMUNITY THROUGH MY
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROFESSIONAL
AND PERSONAL, THROUGH MY LIVED
EXPERIENCES, OUR
FAMILY EMIGRATED TO
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WERE FROM HILLTOP, TACOMA,
AND EMIGRATED AND WE WERE
FIRSTFIRST ONE OF AFRICAN-
AMERICAN
FAMILIES, AND WE DID THAT
AND ALSO IN SEATTLE
KNOCKING DOWN SOME OF THE
COVENANTS WITH REGARDS TO
HOUSING BASED ON
RACE, AND SO I'VE BEEN
PART OF GROWING UP IN A CIVIL
RIGHTS
HOUSEHOLD AND SO I HAVE TO SAY
MY PARENT HIS A LOT TO DO WITH
THAT, AND MY MOTHER
IN PARTICULAR, SHE'S FROM NEW
YORK AND RAISED IN BALTIMORE,
SO SHE'S GOT THE BALTIMORE
CIVIL RIGHTS PART AND ALL OF
THAT,
AND ALSO NEW YORK, LIKE TELL IT
LIKE
IT IS, WHAT'S GOING ON.
LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION, AND
IT LIVES ON THROUGH MYSELF AS
WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE HEARD AND LISTENING
AND UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE SAID
FOR THAT, BUT I THINK
OVERARCHING, I THINK I BRING
A BALANCE OF LEGAL EXPERIENCES
AND HANDS- ON WORK AND THIS
COMBINATION MAKES ME UNIQUELY
QUALIFIED AND THE LISTENING AND
THE UNDERSTANDING WHETHER
IT'S THE CASES THEMSELVES WHEN
YOU WON A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE
EVERSIGHT &, AND IT HAS TO
DO WITH THE COMMUNITY WORK WE
DID.
NO ONE IS GOING TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE IN
OUR PROCESS IF THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T BUILD
COMMUNITY, TRUST. WHETHER IT'S
SURVEYS OR
GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I
JUST FINISHED A PANEL POLICING
THE RAINBOW AT SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY AND THE OFFICE OF OI,
WAS
THERE, ROBERT ROGOFF, MYSELF
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE
WERE THERE TO HAVE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN,
BEING A
PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND
BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, THE EXPERIENCE
THAT I BRING COUPLED WITH THE
DEDICATED, KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND PASSIONATE
STAFF WHICH IS BOTH SWORN AND
CIVILIAN THAT WE
PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE
AND EFFICIENT OVERSIGHT FOR
THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE.
I PRIDE MYSELF FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF
AS A SERVANT LEADER AND
COLLABORATOR, AND ALSO I'M A
RELATIONSHIP
BUILDER, TRYING TO DEVELOP
STAFF AND A COLLABORATOR WITH
OTHERS AND IF THERE'S ONE
THING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT
YOU
NEED IT'S COLLABORATION AND
THAT'S
ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
IN ORDER
TO IMPROVE UPON THE SYSTEM THAT
WE
HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK
TOGETHER, AND SO WITH THAT,
I NOW
WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I AM LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE
ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COLLEAGUES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND CHAIR
OF
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BRINGING
THIS NOMINATION FORWARD
AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR BEING
HERE AND THANK YOU
ERIM DIRECTOR GLENN FOR BEING
HERE.
I DO HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT AND I
DO APPRECIATE YOUR
RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS.
I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP A
LITTLE BIT ON THE MEDIATION
PROGRAM
SO YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, YOU
KNOW,
HOW -- HOW YOU CAN, AS OPA
AND AS THE OVERSEER OF THIS
PROGRAM, IT IS MEDIATION IS
SOMETHING
SOME PEOPLE MAY BE AWARE OF.
IT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM,
MEANING YOU CANNOT FORCE PARTIES
TO MEDIATE.
IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM
AND IT IS VOL UNTARY, AND IT IS
AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT CAN
BE USED IN THE LAW WHEN YOU
ARE TRYING TO GET COMPROMISE
WHICH
YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE MINUTE
AGO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE
PIECE AND I HEARD, AND I DID
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
DIRECTOR -- I
MET WITH CPC ABOUT SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS IN THE MEDIATION
PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR IS ONE
THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, MAINLY,
PROBABLY BECAUSE IT GIVES
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
THE PARTIES FACE EACH OTHER AND
TALK, AND
I THINK THAT'S REALLY
ADVANTAGEOUS
TO COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE
OTHERWISE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING, AND SO
THE QUESTION,
THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION I HAVE TO
YOU IS THIS IS
A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM AND
YOU CAN'T FORCE FOLKS, THERE
ARE
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE
THE
MEDIATION TO HAPPEN, AND
I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO I
SERVED AS AN INTERN IN A
MEDIATION
PROGRAM IN A SMALL CLAIMS
COURT TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM
THIS, IT
IS MEDIATION, HOWEVER, AND
IT COULD GET VERY HEATED AT
TIMES
AND IT AFFORDED THE PARTIES
AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE
MEDIATOR PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO
TALK
SOME OF THESE -- THESE THINGS
OUT
AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE
EACH
OTHER IN THAT WAY.
SO I THINK IT IS
AN IMPORTANT AND LIKE I SAID, I
HEARD FROM
CPC, IT IS IMPORTANT
TO COMMUNITY.
SO HOW CAN YOU ENCOURAGE, THESE
FOLKS --
>> THE PROGRAM TO BE MORE
ROBUST, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT COULD YOU TO AS A
DIRECTOR TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE
UTILIZED AND BE MORE
ROBUST.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
>> THE MEAD YALGZ PROGRAM HAD
H, AND I'VE SERVED AS MEDIATOR,
AS WELL AND I MEANT OUTSIDE OF
THIS OFFICE, BUT FOR MEDIATION,
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED
TO SAY THAT WE'VE DONE
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HAD TO DO
WITH
MAKING SURE, ONE, THAT WE HAD A
ROBUST GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
MEDIATORS, AND SO AT ANY
GIVEN TIME WE WOULD HAVE THAT,
THAT
WE DID HAVE KING
COUNTY ARBITRATORS AND KING
COUNTY PEOPLE WHO CAME
IN AND OTHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE
WHO WERE CERTIFIED
MEDIATORS. WE DID THE TRAINING
FOR THEM AND DID ALL OF THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE
OTHER PART WAS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE
WHAT
MEDIATION COULD BE LIKE AND
SO WE DID A VIDEO, AND THE VIDEO
WAS FROM A REAL CASE, AND IT
WAS
INTERESTING. IF YOU LOOK AT
THAT, ONE OF
THE THINGS
THEY EACH TALKED ABOUT
WHETHER IT WAS THE OFFICER OR IT
WAS THE PERSON WHO CAME IN,
IT CAME OUT SO MUCH BETTER
THAN THEY ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED,
I THINK, TO SOME
EXTENT. YOU'RE HOPEFUL, RIGHT?
BUT I THINK WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO
ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MINOR
MISCONDUCT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S
REALLY TALKING IT OUT,
THIS IS WHAT I WAS DOING,
WELL, THIS IS WHAT
I SAW. WELL, THIS IS WHAT I
WAS THINKING AND IT'S SO
POWERFUL, AND I CAN SEE THAT,
YOU
KNOW, TRULY THE NEED FOR THAT,
AND
SO SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT
YOU DID ASK ME FOR
AND HAS BEEN AND THIS GOESGOES
ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION AND SOMETIMES
IT'S THE TIME FOR PEOPLE,
RIGHT, TO GO
AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD
SOMEONE WHO SAID OH, I'D
LIKE TO DO IT, BUT I NEED IT TO
BE
AN
HOUR.
>> WELL, WE CAN'T
GUARANTEE IT WILL BE AN HOUR OR
TWO HOURS
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THAT,
RIGHT?
BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE
WORKING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT, AS WELL, JUST
HOW WE MIGHT SHAPE THAT.
THE TIMING, THINGS OF
THOSE THINGS.
THE OTHER THING HAD TO DO WITH
TRUST, THE BIGGEST THING
IS BUILDING TRUST.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE
WHERE SOMETIMES OFFICERS HAVE
BEEN AVAILABLE IN WANTING TO
DO THAT AND SOMETIMES COMMUNITY
AREN'T AND SOMETIMES I HAVE IT
THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT?
AND SO WE'RE VERY IMPORTANT,
BUT AGAIN, IT'S BUILDING
TRUST ALONG THE WAY, AND AS I
INDICATED
IN MY RESPONSE IT'S ALSO THE
VALUE IN PARTICIPATING, AND I
WOULD HAVE TO SAY ON THAT WHEN
PEOPLE
GO THROUGH IT THEY ACTUALLY
DO REALLY FIND THE VALUE --
VALUE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW,
RIGHT?
BECAUSE REALLY THE ISSUE IS NOT
NECESSARILY THIS OR THAT.
THE ISSUE IS HOW I
FELT. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
THIS IS HOW I FELT, AND
SO
FORTH. SO TO GROW THAT, ONE OF
THE
TOP MEDIATION PROGRAMS IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT IT'S
VERY DIFFERENTLY ORGANIZED AND
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULD
AREN'T TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT
THAT AND THAT'S IN NEW ORLEANS.
THEY HAVE ONE THAT'S VERY
POPULAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING AND
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE INs AND
OUTs, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE
REQUIRED
FOR PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATEPARTICIPATE FOR LEVEL
OFFENSES, RIGHT?
THEY SOMETIMES USE
COMMUNITY MEDIATORS AND IT'S
MAYBE AT A
DIFFERENT LEVEL AND NOT
AS FORMAL DEPENDING SO THERE'S
DIFFERENT MODELS, AND
SO I'M VERY COMMITTED TO
LOOKING AT
THE DIFFERENT MODELS AND
SEEING BECAUSE THAT IS A MISSED
OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK
IT EFFECTUATES SOME OF THE
BIGGEST
CHANGE AND OPTICS IN BUILDING
TRUST IN THE FUTURE.
SO I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID AND
THAT'S SOMETHING OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE NOW
AND WHERE
WE'RE HEADED NEXT LOOKING AT
THOSE, AND I'VE TALKED
TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND
THAT'S
ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT HOW
DO WE MAKE THINGS GROW MORE.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?
SO IT IS IN PROGRESS.
>> GREAT.
GREAT TO HEAR.
THANK YOU.
I DO THINK LOOKING AT --
I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT
OTHER
CITIES AND THEIR MEDIATION
PROGRAMS AND FOR THIS
PARTICULAR CASE BECAUSE,
AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SMALL
CLAIMS IS NOT THAT ARE -- THIS
IS A LOT
MORE -- THERE'S A LOT MORE
AT STAKE HERE, AND I DON'T
WANT TO -- IT'S NOT A
COMPARISON,
BUT I DO KNOW THAT
MEDIATION PROGRAMS IN GENERAL
ARE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, AND I
DO ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PARTIES
BE ABLE TO AGREE TO
MEDIATION WHICH
I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
THE POINT THAT YOU MADE.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FACE THE PERSON
AND
TELL THEM HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS
MADE YOU
FEEL, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON
YOU, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON
YOUR FAMILY, COMMUNITY, ET
CETERA,
AND I THINK FOR THOSE REASONS
IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL, AND I
THINK IF YOU GO THROUGH
THE PROGRAM ON THE OTHER SIDE,
YOU
COULD HAVE, I THINK, BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR EVERYBODY
INVOLVED AND SOMETIMES IF YOU DO
THIS
IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS THAN
GOING THROUGH THE OTHER
PROCESSES, I'LL SAY THAT. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO LOOK AT THOSE, AND I LOOK
FORWARD
TO SEEING WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
FIND AND WAYS THAT YOU MIGHT
AMEND OUR CURRENT MEDIATION
PROGRAM AT
THE CITY TO BE -- TO HAVE BETTER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE
MEDIATION AND SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT THOSE OTHER
MODELS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL AND
FOR YOU.
FIRST OFF, DIRECTOR GLENN
AND CHIEF OF STAFF MEYERBERG, AS
WELL, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
ONE QUESTION PERTAINING THAT
WOULD CALL UPON YOU TO KIND OF
SELF- REFLECT UPON YOUR LAST
TWO- PLUS YEARS IN THE
OFFICE FOCUSING MORE HEAVILY ON
YOUR
EXPERIENCES IN THE LAST YEAR
AS INTERIM DIRECTOR.
FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY
THATTHAT HAVING HAD THE CHANCE
TOTO
YOUR VARIOUS CANDIDATE MATERIALS
AND PACKET, YOUR Q AND
A RESPONSES, ET CETERA, IT IS
ON IT'S -- IT IS CLEAR TO ME
THAT
YOU ARE VERY WELL AND
UNIQUELY QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE
AND
THIS POSITION.
I THINK THE DEPTH AND BREADTH
OF YOUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES, PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCES AND
ACADEMIC AND
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WILL
POSITION YOU FOR SUCCESS IN THIS
ROLE ON
A PERMANENT BASIS, AND -- AND
YOU
HAVE DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE OFOF DIRECTLY
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SPANNING
FOUR
DECADESDECADES THAT COUNTING AND
LOOKING
AT. I APPRECIATE YOUR -- THE
VARIOUS RECOGNITION AND
HONORS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED
INCLUDING ONE
FROM LOOKS LIKE CHILDREN AND
YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD OR CCYJ, THE
CENTER FOR
CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD
AND THE
WASHINGTON BAR ASSOCIATION AND
CHARLES
SMITH AND EXCELLENCE
AND DIVERSITY AWARDS FROM THE
BAR ASSOCIATION AND
THE DIVERSITY SET OF AWARDS
INCLUDING THE
PUGIT SOUND JOURNAL 40 UNDER
40 AND ALL THESE AWARDS HONORS
RECOGNITION COMBINED WITH
THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF THE
REST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, I
THINK,
MAKE YOU VERY WELL --
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED FOR
THIS
ROLE, BUT YOU'VE ALSO BEEN IN
THIS ROLE NOW FOR -- AND GIVE
THE
HONORABLE JUDGE LEROY McCULLOUGH
MY REGARDS.
SADLY, I HAD A
CONFLICT DURING THE MOST RECENT
YOUTH IN LAW
FORM, BUT WITH BETTER
PLANNING, I LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTES PATING
NEXT
NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ON THAT ONE.
YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
IN THIS ROLE FOR TWO YEARS, A
LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AS
THE NUMBER TWO
PERSON FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR
AND ASAS -- AS
THE INTERIM HEAD NOW FOR JUST
UNDER A YEAR, AND ARGUABLY, IN
ANY
OFFICE, SHOP OR ORGANIZATION
THE NUMBER TWO POSITION IS
ARGUABLY
THE MOST POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT,
IMPACTFUL PERSON.
THEY'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY
RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY, AM
MREMENTING
IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY
AND ADVISING ON STRATEGY AND
THERE'S
A LOT OF EXECUTION FLEXIBILITY
THAT ONE WOULD ORDINARILY HAVE
IN THESE SORT OF NUMBER TWO
ROLES. THE ONLY -- THE ONLY KEY
DIFFERENCE IS YOU'RE
NOT NECESSARILY THE FACE OF THE
THE ORGANIZATION.
SO NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME
TIME
TO -- YOU'VE HAD OVER A YEAR,
AGAIN, TO BE THAT SORT OF DEPUTY
IN THAT DEPUTY ROLE ANY
NOW ABOUT A YEAR IN, JUST
UNDER A YEAR IN, WHAT HAS BEEN
THE MOST
EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE THAT
YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY
ANTICIPATE IN YOUR ROLE AS
INTERIM LEADER OFOF
THIS ORGANIZATION? THE MOST EYE-
OPENING
EXPERIENCE, THE MOST HUMBLING
EXPERIENCE, THE MOST -- JUST
SOMETHING YOU
DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, HOW HAVE
YOU BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT
AND
OVERCOME IT AND HOW DOES IT
INFORM YOUR PERSPECTIVE
ON ONA FORWARD BASIS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY
BECAUSE I WAS IN DEPUTY THEY
RECOGNIZED THAT PART OF
IT IS THE CULTURE AND THE
ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT
THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK WE'RE ALL ROLLING IN
THE
SAME DIRECTION.
MAKING SURE HOW PEOPLE -- HOW
WE AS AN ORGANIZATION SEE
OURSELVES, OUR BEST SELF IN
ORDER TORY OUT OUR MISSION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID
WAS I HELD OUT FOR CHECK OFFOFF
BOX.
I WANTED TO SEE IF OPA WAS
AT ITS BEST, WHAT WAS NEEDED IN
WHICH TO DO THAT AND WE CAME
UP WITH 24 ITEMS AND SOME OF
THEM,
I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH
BECAUSE
OF THAT, BUT IT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S
IMPORTANT ON ANY GIVEN DAY,
LIKE, CHIEF OF
STAFF MEYERBURG STATED,
IT'S A TOUGH JOB, AND SO SOME
OF
THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT,
YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY NEEDED
TO HAVE -- YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
YOU.
NOT GOTCHA IF WE MISSED
SOMETHING.
RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE A TEAM AND THERE'S THIS
CORE,
RIGHT? THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE
MAY NEED AND AN OPEN- DOOR
POLICY
AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND
I ACTUALLY BROUGHT JUST A FEW --
I DID PUT THEM IN THE
QUESTIONS SO I WON'T GO THROUGH
ALL
OF THE TOP 24.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS
LIKE TRUST.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THINGS LIKE
LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERING
STAFF,
TRUSTING LEADERSHIP.
TRANSPARENCY,
INCLUSIVITY AND DECISION MAKING
AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY.
FOR FUN AND
HUMOR. IT WAS THINGS LIKE
MAKING TIME FOR HUMAN
CONNECTIONS AND
MAKING SURE THAT IT'S
INCORPORATED IN
WORK AND WHAT WE DO,
ORGANIC CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE
TYPE OF
THINGS, WORK/LIFE BALANCE,
RIGHT?
SO WE WERE GETTING AT THE
NITTY GRITTY AND ALSO MAKING
SURE FOR
TRANSPARENCY AND SOME OF THE
OTHER THINGS.
SO THEY CAME AND THEY
WERE OPEN, AND OF COURSE, I
HAD SOMEONE ELSE LEAD THAT AND
IT WENT
VERY, VERY WELL.
SO THAT WAS THE
BEGINNING PIECE OF IT.
FROM THERE WE SET GOALS
AND WE HAD THOSE IN WHICH TO
WORK FOR. SO THAT'S NOT -- I
KNEW IT WAS
COMING, BUT IN ORDER TO
HELP CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT
WHERE PEOPLE FELT SAFE, TO BE
ABLE
TO SAVE THOSE AND WHERE WE GO,
AND
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
WE'RE DOING THAT.
AND SO
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO
CRITICAL FOR ANY ORGANIZATION
TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO
IMPROVE, RIGHT?
BE ABLE TO SEE AND HAVE
THE HONEST,
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS AND
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND
SO WE DO THOSE THINGS NOW.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD OFTEN
SAY, WE ALSO HAD THE LIST OF IF
ONLY WE COULD DO THIS LIST. PUT
IT UP ON THE WHITE BOARD,
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
THINGS IF I HAD ALL OF THE MONEY
IN
THE WORLD OR WHATEVER, WHAT DO
YOU
THINK THE WORK WOULD BE
THAT WOULD BE
BENEFICIAL?
THERE WERE THOSE DEEPER
CONVERSATIONS AND COMING UP WITH
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE
WHICH WE HAVE AROUND THE OFFICE
IN
ORDER TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHO
WE
CHOSE TO BE TO CARRY OUT THE
WORK. THAT WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST FIRST THINGS.
AS FAR AS ANY
AHA WITH REGARDS TO THAT, I
WOULD JUST SAY THAT I
GUESS I'VE SEEN A LOT DURING MY
TIME
IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY,
RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO SAY I THINK,
WHEN
GETTING TO KNOW AND COLLABORATE
WITH PEOPLE I HAD FOUND THAT
PEOPLE AT FIRST MAY HAVE
HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW, BUT SEEM
TO BE
VERY, VERY RECEPTIVE.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES. MY UNDERSTANDING
IS WE HADN'T
BEEN THIS BOGGED IN TWO
YEARS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITY,
RIGHT?
AND SO BEING ABLE TO SIT DOWN
AND WE MAY AGREE TO
DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.
THAT WAS NEW.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL I
ACTUALLY WENT TO A NUMBER
OF PLACES AND SO THAT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND
ALSO GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT
PLACES WHERE
PEOPLE CALL US WHETHER IT'S
THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR
CENTRO DE LA RAZA, AND
HOW THEY CAN FIRST TRAINOUS WHAT
THEY DO AND TELL US WHAT THIS IS
AND
BUILDING THAT TRUST, YOU KNOW,
WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO, I WOULD SAY WITH OUR
DATA, MAKING SURE THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS, MAKING
SURE THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS THEY'VE DONE
ALREADY.
IT SOUNDS WHATEVER, BUT YOU
NEED YOUR DATA.
WE HAVE
DATA, BUT IT'S PUTTING IT IN A
WAY WITH DASHBOARDS
AND METRICS AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL
IN
REALTIME AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
MOVING PIECES
IN THE INVESTIGATION AND SO WE
HAVE
DEADLINES IN WHICH WE HAVE TO
MEET, AND I KNOW THERE'S
THE ABILITY TO DO THIS IN
REALTIME AND SO WITH ALL OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL, AS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE IN SUCH A MANNER AND
LOOK
FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
YOUR NOMINATION TODAY. THANK
YOU, NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
LOOKING TO SEE IF THE COLLEAGUES
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS --
THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH
THE
END OF DIRECTOR BETTS' TERM.
SO COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US
WHAT DATE THAT IS?
>> SURE.
IT'S APPOINTMENT THAT WILL GO
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st
OF NEXT
YEAR.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN PER THE ORDINANCE,
THE WAY THE ORDINANCE
WAS DRAFTED WAS THAT THE TERM OF
THE OPA DIRECTOR WOULD BE OFFSET
FOR MAYORAL ELECTIONS.
SO WHATEVER
ADMINISTRATION IS IN PLACE FOR
THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS WILL MAKE
A REAPPOINTMENT.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU.
>> OR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THIS
TECHNICALITY, BUT IT DOESN'T
REDUCE AT ALL
MY ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR
APPOINTMENT, AND I JUST KEEP
WANTING TO CALL
YOU BONNIE INSTEAD OF INTERIM
DIRECTOR,
ET CETERA. YOU MENTIONED
BEING EXCITED ABOUT ONE
PARTICULAR AWARD FROM
THE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, AND I
WANT TO NOTE THAT YOU
HAVE RECEIVED FOUR.
THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN 2024
WHICH WAS THE SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ADVISORY COMMUNITY AWARD, BUT
YOU ALSO
HAVE THREE OTHERS, AND I
WON'T READ THEM ALL, AND
THAT'S
FOUR FROM SEATTLE UNIVERSITY OUT
OF
A TOTAL OF 13 THAT ARE ON YOUR
RESUME AND MY COLLEAGUE
JUST MENTIONED SOME OF THEM
BY NAME. I'M ADDRESSING
THISTHIS BECAUSE
NOTED IT, AND ALSO IT SPEAKS TO
YOUR -- TO THE RANGE OF YOUR
QUALIFICATIONS, AND THAT
IS -- THAT'S VERY CLEAR BY YOUR
RESUME WHICH IS FIVE PAGES LONG
AND
I SUGGEST TO ANYBODY WHO
HAS AREN'T PAID A LOT OF
ATTENTION TO
READ IT. WHAT I WANT TO NOTE IS
THAT THE
HUMAN SIDE OF YOUR
QUALIFICATIONS, IT'S HARD TO
PUT IN WRITING, BUT IT DOES COME
THROUGH.
ANY TIME I'VE ENCOUNTERED YOU
AND SEEN YOU, AND BY THE
WAY, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE IN
COMMUNITY AND I SEE THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
AND ELSEWHERE OUT AND ABOUT.
SO I DO WANT TO THE ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT. YOU DO ENGENDER A SENSE OF
TRUST AND YOUR YOU'RE A WARM
AND
OPEN PERSONALITY AND THAT IS
VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THIS
JOB, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE FACT
THAT
YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH HUMAN
SERVICE CRED AS WELL IS VERY
IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WHAT
YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE COURSE
OF FULFILLING YOUR DUTIES,
YOU KNOW, AT THE STATE AND IN
THE
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE ROOT CAUSES
OF THINGS THAT END UP IN
BEHAVIOR THAT OUR POLICE FORCE
IS
DEALING WITH, AND YOU
HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW, A KNACK
FOR
UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUAL AND
THE
FORCES THAT SHAPE THEIR BEHAVIOR
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
THIS AND NOT JUST IN
YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OFFICERS
AND IN YOUR INVESTIGATIONS AND
ALSO THE REAL WORLD, LET'S JUST
SAY.
I JUST FINALLY WANT TO NOTE THAT
WE ARE ONLY JUST
RECENTLY EXITING FROM THE
CONSENT DECREE
AND THE FACT THAT YOU
REMEMBER THAT BEFORE TIMES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
BE SHEPHERDING THE CITY IN THE
AFTER TIMES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
CONTINUITY IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT AND THIS WAS
A NATIONAL SEARCH, RIGHT?
AND WE'RE ENDING UP, YOU
KNOW, LIKELY CONFIRMING ONE
OF OUR OWN, AND I THINK THAT'S
A
GOOD THING NOT
BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUITY, BUT
BECAUSE YOU
ARE AN EXCELLENT
CANDIDATE AND THE FACT THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND
THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE
WREFRLING WITH BEFORE BEING LET
OUT OF THE
CONSENT DECREE IS REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO YOU ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED
TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK GOING
FORWARD.
YOU KNOW WHAT ROBARD SAID AND
WANTED.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
WILLING TO STEP UP AND STAY WITH
US. SO THAT'S ALL I
WANTED TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> ARE THERE -- GO
AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THERE WAS ONE MORE QUESTION I
HAD AND THEN WANTED TO ADD
TO SOME OF YOUR WORK IN
PARTICULAR,
BUT I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR QUESTIONS
WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS WITH THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
OIG AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE QUARTERLY MEETINGS
AND NOT
LIMITED TO QUARTERLY
MEETINGS AND ONGOING MEETINGS AS
YOU
DO THE WORK, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT FEELS
MORE LIKE,
YOU KNOW, ORGANIC AS THE WORK
IS MOVING FORWARD.
YOU'RE HAVING THESE
TOUCH POINTS.
THAT IS IMPORTANT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO A
FOUR TIMES A YEAR TOUCH
POINT, AND SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE
THAT THAT WORK IS HAPPENING
AND ONGOING IN THAT WAY, AND I
--
I, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE ALL
AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
STAY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER
ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND KEEP
US APPRISED ON HOW ALL OF THAT
IS GOING SO THAT WE ALSO,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO PARTNERS
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
KNOW
THAT INFORMATION.
SO THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND
I, TOO, WANT TO SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU BRING SO
MUCH TO THE TABLE BY ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
LEADING UP TO THIS
EXPERIENCE AND ALSO YOU'VE BEEN
IN THE OFFICE FOR A
LITTLE BIT NOW SINCE 2023
SO YOU'RE NOT NEW TO THE
OFFICE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU HAD
A DEPUTY ROLE AND AN INTERIM
ROLE
AND YOU'RE DOING THE WORK
AND YOU DO HAVE
BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE FROM WHICH
TO PULL
FROM, AND AS YOUR PRIOR
EXPERIENCES AS A JUDGE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
OFFERING AND BRING SO MUCH TO
THE TABLE.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I FEEL THAT
YOU ARE APPROACHABLE.
I DO SEE YOU IN DIFFERENT PLACES
AND YOU ARE VERY HANDS ON AND WE
NEED THAT IN THIS ROLE AND
ALL OF OUR DIRECTOR ROLES ACROSS
THE CITY, I WOULD SAY, BUT
YOU DEFINITELY ARE SHOWING
THAT, SHOWING YOUR
COMMITMENT AS YOU'RE DOING
THAT, AND I, FOR
ONE, DO APPRECIATE
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE. IT IS NOT
AN EASY ROLE, AND
WE REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS LIKE
YOURSELF WHO NOT JUST HAVE
THE BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE ON
PAPER, BUT WHO ARE LIVING IT
EVERY DAY AND ARE APPROACHABLE
AND COMMITTED TO WORKING
TOGETHER AND DOING WHATWHAT
NECESSARY TO HAVE THIS WORK BE
SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS, BUT I'LL JUST ADD
ONE. THE CONTRACT THAT WE
RECENTLY
APPROVED DOES CHANGE YOUR
DUTIES
A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, THERE WILL
NOW BE MORE
ABILITY FOR
CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS TO
PARTICIPATEPARTICIPATE
-- IN INVESTIGATIONS AND ALSO
WITH SOME OF THE
CIVILIANIZING OF SOME OF THE
WORK
WITHIN SPD. THAT WORK FLOW HAS
CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND SO THAT
WILL
ALSO -- THAT TOUCHES UPON
YOUR
RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO WE ARE
IN A DYNAMIC
TIME RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IN ADDITION TO EXITING
THE CONSENT DECREE AND WE HAVE A
NEW CONTRACT THAT DOES
CHANGE THE GAME A BIT.
ALL RIGHT.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT,
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> NO PRESSURE.
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, BUT
AGAIN, COLLEAGUE, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT 03328,
THE APPOINTMENT OF BONNIE J.
GLENN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2026.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WOULD THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT.
>>
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBERCOUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
RIVERA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE CONFIRMATION IS CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATION, GLENN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE FINAL
COMMENTS.
>> I PLAN TO COME BACK TO
THE COUNTSIL AND SHARE UPDATES
AS
WE DO.
I AM DELIGHTED TO CONTINUE
TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AS THE
DIRECTOR, AND AGAIN, I
LOOK FORWARD TO
SHARING SOME OF OUR WORK AND
GROWING THE
MEDIATION PROGRAM AMONG SOME OF
THE OTHER
THINGS. SO THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE WERE NO
ITEMS REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO YOU CAN
BE
EXCUSED. THANK YOU, VERY,
VERY MUCH. ALSO THIS WAS A GREAT
CHOICE.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED
FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE
IS NOT A RESOLUTION
FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION TODAY. SO IS THERE
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> REQUEST TO
BE EXCUSED ON NOVEMBER 25th.
>> OKAY.
>> WHICH IS THE WEEK
OF
THANKSGIVING.
>> THERE IS A REQUEST TO
BE EXCUSED ON SEPTEMBER 25th.
WE HAVE NOT -- PARDON ME?
NOVEMBER 25th, EXCUSE ME, AND
I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE YET
SENT
OUT ANY FIRM CANS LAGSZ
CELLATION
OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UNTIL WE DO THAT, IS THERE
ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS BEING EXCUSED FROM
THAT
DATE? SEEING NONE.
YOU ARE EXCUSED, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONGRATULATION÷÷ MR. MALONE
AND THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE OPENING
OF
STEPHEN'S BAY.
BEFORE THE MEETING TODAY
I WENT DOWN AND TOURED IT, A
NEW FACILITY IN INNER BAY AND
A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION,
BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE
IN TERMS
OF WHAT IT BRINGS, AND I JUST
WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DESC, MR.
MALONE AND HIS TEAM TO
INCLUDE DAN, THE OTHER DAN WHO
GAVE ME A
TOUR AND IMPORTANTLY,
TOO, THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM
THAT I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH
AND SPEAK WITH, AND THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT MAKES THE HOUSING PIECE,
BUT HAVING THE CASE
MANAGERS THERE IS SO IMPORTANT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM,
AND ALSO, I SHOULD NOTE THAT
STEPHEN'S PLACE IS NAMED AFTER
FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS STEPHEN
BULLOCK WHO PASSED EARLIER THIS
YEAR, AND
SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
--
TO HONOR MR. BULLOCK AND
HIS SERVICE TO DSC TO DESC AND
ALSO THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND I
WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO NOTE
THAT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND JUST REAL QUICK
BECAUSE
I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE
OUR TRADITIONAL MONDAY
BRIEFINGS,
BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS
RECOGNIZE THIS, BUT DEFINITELY
WANTED TO SEND LOVE AND
PRAYERS TO THE WILKENS FAMILY.
WE LOST A BIG GIANT THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH
COACH WILKINS AND ALL OF THE
WORK THAT
HE HAS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, A
GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER, BUT
I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN
YOU SAW THE WAY HE DEALT WITH
KIDS
EVERY DAY IN THE COMMUNITY
AND CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE AND
WAS ABLE TO REALLY, REALLY GIVE
BACK HIS LIFE, THAT, TO ME,
IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST AND
PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE'S LEGACY,
THAT
DIDN'T MATTER TO HIM.
IT MATTERED ABOUT THE IMPACT
HE WAS MAKING AND HE JUST MADE A
GREAT IMPACT TO
SEATTLE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND HE
WAS MR.
BASKETBALL, MR. COMMUNITY,
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
LOVED HIM UP HERE, AND I KNOW
JUST --
WANTED TO SEND SOME
LOVE AND LIGHT.
HE HAD A GREAT LIFE.
88 YEARS OLD. GREAT LIFE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NO OTHER HANDS
RAISED, NO OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS, IT
IS
3:24. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
OUR AGENDA, AND WE
ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU,
EVERYONE.