The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. Councilmember Jean Godden excused.                                      FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31380 ADOPTED (8 – 0) Supporting a United States Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Corporate Political Spending and Campaign Financing.               TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: 2. Council Bill 117443 PASSED (8 – 0) Vacating a [...]

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123877 C.B. 117438 AN ORDINANCE relating to the business license tax and other taxes; amending the tax code to allow a deduction for grants, contracts and sub-awards received as compensation for or to support life sciences research and development; [...]

The current online code now incorporates ordinances with effective dates prior to February 22nd, 2012. The most recent codified ordinance is Ordinance 123826. http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/toc/table.htm Ordinance Number Amendments made 123809 Amended §§ 23.22.100, 23.24.040, 23.24.046, 23.28.030, 23.44.010, 23.44.012; added § 23.41.012.B.23 123816 Amended §§ 23.34.010.B, 23.47A.005, zoning maps 42– 44, 60, 61, 102; added § 23.47A.009.D [...]

     BY BURGESS 1. C.B. 117467 AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain audited claims and ordering the payment thereof. Committee referral: Full Council      BY GODDEN 2. C.B. 117468 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the Director of Seattle Public Utilities to sign and to fulfill the obligations in a Consent Decree [...]

PDF copies of the original signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123875 C.B. 117439 AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights relating to sewer facility easements within the campus of the University of Washington as being surplus to City utility needs; authorizing the Director of [...]

Scanned copies of the original, signed documents are available in the database records linked below: Ord. 123869 C.B. 117428 AN ORDINANCE relating to the First Hill Streetcar project; authorizing the Director of Transportation to acquire, accept, and record, on behalf of the City of Seattle, a permanent easement for street purposes from the Seattle School [...]

The following is a summation of Council actions at today’s 2:00 p.m. Full Council meeting. FULL COUNCIL: 1. Resolution 31351 ADOPTED AS AMENDED (9 – 0) Adopting a policy framework for City Light rate setting objectives, rate design policies, and marginal cost allocation among customer classes.           GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: 2. Resolution 31331 [...]

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Mayor McGinn filed a Proclamation Declaring a Civil Emergency, a  Civil Order, and an amended Civil Order relating to the unrest surrounding public events that day.  Click here to read the documents on the City Clerk’s website.

Clerk File 14547 contains the following report from Police Chief John Sullivan, dated April 24, 1902: “I beg leave to report to your honorable body that on the night of April 23rd, 1902, H.H. Wilkins Jr. and a party of friends entered the Goo Goo Saloon and Concert Hall, on the southwest corner of 2nd [...]

The century 21 Exposition, also known as the Seattle World’s Fair, was held between April 21 and October 21, 1926 and drew almost 10 million visitors. Though the fair was primarily administered by the non-profit private Century 21 Exposition, Inc., the government of Seattle was deeply involved in development and execution. The Mayor’s Office spearheaded [...]