98.4% passage rate
Position 9 · Citywide
Sara Nelson
Former councilmember · 2022–2025
- Status
- Former councilmember
- Representation
- Position 9 · Citywide
Overview and record
Activity at a glance
2015–2026 official records
Sara Nelson received credit for 121 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 410.2 points—within the available comparison group. The largest single contribution is CB 120957 (2025), worth 7.0 points: Sends voters a ten-year property-tax levy funding Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program. The credited record leans most toward Labor & City Workforce, especially electricity. Of those, 16 originated in an executive department before Council sponsorship.
2015–2026 LegisRate points
410.2Within the available comparison group
16 credited measures originated in an executive department.
How scoring worksOutcome, voting, and attendance describe the record; they do not add to or subtract from the LegisRate score.
20 opposed · 9 abstained
185 of 189 records
Sponsorship record106 prime · 5 co-sponsor · 10 unranked · 120 early-recorded
Record details Outcome, voting, attendance, and sponsorship context
Only the latest recorded legislative vote per matter is used; a missing structured tally is not counted as an absence.
What the work concerns
Policy-area mix
Share of scored work
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Labor & City Workforce
105.6 points · 25.7%Utilities & Technology
74.0 points · 18.0%Economy & Small Business
71.7 points · 17.5%Public Safety & Justice
48.6 points · 11.9%Government Operations & Finance
43.0 points · 10.5%Land Use & Development
20.6 points · 5.0%Health & Human Services
12.0 points · 2.9%Civil Rights & Democracy
11.0 points · 2.7%Environment, Climate & Parks
10.0 points · 2.4%Transportation & Infrastructure
4.7 points · 1.1%Housing & Homelessness
4.6 points · 1.1%Other smaller areas
4.5 points · 1.1%Individual areas below 1% are grouped here only so the chart stays readable.
- Arts, Culture & Community2.5 points · 0.6%
- Budget & Appropriations2.0 points · 0.5%
By year
Annual work
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155.4 | 48 | 100.0 | 48 | 13 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 98.0 |
| 2024 | 85.8 | 25 | 96.2 | 24 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 97.9 |
| 2023 | 102.0 | 29 | 96.7 | 29 | 0 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 97.7 |
| 2022 | 67.0 | 19 | 100.0 | 19 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 97.9 |
| Career total | 410.2 | 121 | 98.4 | 120 | 15 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 97.9 |
Rates are shown only when the relevant official record exists. Vote and attendance measures describe participation; they do not affect points.
Council roles
Committees & positions
- ChairEconomic Development, Technology, and City Light Committee
- ChairGovernance, Accountability, and Economic Development Committee
- Vice ChairParks, Public Utilities, and Technology Committee
- Vice ChairSustainability and Renters' Rights Committee
- Member2023 Select Committee on Climate Action
- MemberFinance and Housing Committee
- MemberFinance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee
- MemberHousing and Human Services Committee
- MemberLand Use Committee
- MemberNeighborhoods, Education, Civil Rights, and Culture Committee
- MemberPublic Safety Committee
- MemberPublic Safety and Human Services Committee
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
Sends voters a ten-year property-tax levy funding Seattle’s Democracy Voucher program.CB 120957 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Civil Rights & Democracy +7.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to publicly-financed election campaigns; providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on August 5, 2025, of a proposition authorizing the City to levy regular property taxes for up to ten years in excess of the limitation on levies in chapter 84.55 RCW for the purpose of funding the cost and administration of the City’s Democracy Voucher program and other City purposes; outlining a process for contemplation of changes to the program; applying RCW 84.36.381’s senior citizens and disabled persons exemption to such levy; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $45,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [2, 2, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a collective-bargaining agreement with machinists employed by the City.CB 121001 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 160, Local 79; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $19,123,574. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2023–2028 labor agreement with City transportation electrical workers.CB 121088 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 (Seattle Department of Transportation), effective from January 23, 2023, through January 22, 2028; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $31,005,556. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2023–2026 labor agreement with AFSCME Local 21SP.CB 120784 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 21SP, for the period from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $26,421,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a labor agreement with IBEW Local 77 information-technology professionals.CB 120796 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 77 Information Technology Professionals’ Unit; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $83,431,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves collective bargaining agreements with IBEW Local 77 units.CB 120801 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of collective bargaining agreements between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 77; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $77,943,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Establishes a new ten-year Business Improvement Area to be known as the Metropolitan Improvement District.CB 120537 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to downtown business improvement areas; establishing a new ten-year Business Improvement Area to be known as the Metropolitan Improvement District; levying special assessments upon owners of commercial property, multifamily residential property, and mixed-use property within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the existing Metropolitan Improvement District that was established by Ordinance 124175 (“2013 MID”); suspending the issuance of assessments and providing for the continuity of services under the 2013 MID; providing for the transfer of any remaining funds from the 2013 MID Account; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $18,000,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the transfer of certain funds in the Light Fund into the Rate Stabilization Account in 2023.CB 120556 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the transfer of certain funds in the Light Fund into the Rate Stabilization Account in 2023; and superseding certain provisions of subsection 21.49.086.E of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $140,000,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Amending rates, terms, and conditions for the use and sale of electricity supplied by the City Light Department for 2022, 2023, and….CB 120411 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; amending rates, terms, and conditions for the use and sale of electricity supplied by the City Light Department for 2022, 2023, and 2024; amending Sections 21.49.020, 21.49.030, 21.49.052, 21.49.055, 21.49.057, 21.49.058, 21.49.060, 21.49.065, 21.49.083, 21.49.085, and 21.49.086 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $44,000,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Extends temporary floodplain rules for six months so residents can obtain federal flood insurance.CB 120927 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Environment, Climate & Parks +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to floodplains; eighth extension of interim regulations established by Ordinance 126113, and as amended by Ordinance 126536, for an additional six months, to allow individuals to rely on updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps to obtain flood insurance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Program.
Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [2, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Allows interactive media kiosks downtown and in participating business improvement areas.CB 120992 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE granting Downtown Seattle Association permission to install, maintain, and operate interactive media kiosks in public places located in the Metropolitan Improvement District and in other participating Business Improvement Areas, for a 16.5-year term, renewable for one successive 13.5-year term; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; suspending and superseding Sections 15.12.010, 23.55.001-23.55.003, 23.55.005, 23.55.008, 23.55.014, 23.55.015, 23.55.022, 23.55.024, 23.55.028, 23.55.030, 23.55.034, and 23.55.036 of the Seattle Municipal Code to the extent inconsistent; providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions; and authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with Downtown Seattle Association.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,100,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Sets public-safety funding priorities for a potential local sales tax.Res 32174 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +5.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION setting out public-safety related funding priorities in anticipation of a proposal that the City impose the additional one-tenth of one percent local option public safety sales tax authorized by the 2025 State Legislature.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $35,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2022–2026 labor agreement with Seattle Fire Chiefs.CB 121065 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Fire Chiefs’ Association, IAFF, Local 2898, effective from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2026; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $4,730,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2026 memorandum for City Light information-technology employees.CB 121098 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 77, Information Technology Professionals’ Unit for the period effective from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $71,182,742. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2024–2027 labor agreement with the Seattle Police Management Association.CB 121132 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Management Association to be effective from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2027; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the action authorizes a transaction or program with a material but unparsed amount. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a labor agreement and memorandum with the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild.CB 121133 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $4,000,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a labor agreement with IBEW Local 77 equipment operators.CB 120795 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77 Construction Maintenance Equipment Operator Unit; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $6,097,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
To initiate a new Business Improvement Area (BIA) to be known as the Metropolitan Improvement District (MID).Res 32089 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION to initiate a new Business Improvement Area (BIA) to be known as the Metropolitan Improvement District (MID).
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $18,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Of intention to establish a new Metropolitan Improvement District (MID) and fix a date and place for a hearing thereon.Res 32090 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION of intention to establish a new Metropolitan Improvement District (MID) and fix a date and place for a hearing thereon.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $18,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Of intention to disestablish the existing Seattle Tourism Improvement Area and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.Res 32106 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION of intention to disestablish the existing Seattle Tourism Improvement Area and fixing a date and place for a hearing thereon.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $15,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Declares the intention of the City Council to hold a public hearing relating to changing the assessment rate for the Seattle Tourism….Res 32043 · Resolution (Res) · 2022 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION declaring the intention of the City Council to hold a public hearing relating to changing the assessment rate for the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $837,500,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Modifies the assessment rate.CB 120273 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area; modifying the assessment rate; and amending Ordinance 123714.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $837,500,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Advancing certain objectives of the Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake….CB 120349 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Environment, Climate & Parks +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; advancing certain objectives of the Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake, and the Seven Mile Reservoir on the Pend Oreille River; authorizing the City Light Department to accept grant funds from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and execute the related agreement for and on behalf of The City of Seattle; authorizing the City Light Department to execute an agreement with the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission to convey the grant funds received from the State of Washington Department of Commerce and certain City Light funds in contribution towards the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission’s payment for the mining company’s surrender of mineral and related rights; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $24,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adding a new Chapter 3.71 to the Seattle Municipal Code.CB 120412 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the establishment of the Seattle Film Commission; adding a new Chapter 3.71 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 3.14.600 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Temporarily allows residential uses in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District.CB 120933 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.74.002 and 23.74.008 of the Seattle Municipal Code to allow residential uses in the Stadium Transition Area Overlay District.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Conceptually approves interactive media kiosks in downtown and participating business improvement areas.Res 32170 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to the Downtown Seattle Association to install, maintain, and operate interactive media kiosks in public places located in the Metropolitan Improvement District and in participating Business Improvement Areas.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,100,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates land-use permit review timelines and Council quasi-judicial procedures.CB 121045 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; updating timelines for City review of land use permits; amending Sections 23.76.005 and 23.76.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Resolution 31602 to update the City Council Rules for Quasi-Judicial Proceedings.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates municipal-code references governing legally valid unsworn declarations.CB 121082 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to unsworn declarations; updating references to state law on unsworn declarations by amending all references to RCW 9A.72.085 to chapter 5.50 RCW; and amending Sections 6.430.040, 6.500.170, 6.600.120, 7.24.130, 8.37.220, 8.38.220, 10.52.035, 14.16.050, 14.16.070, 14.16.105, 14.17.045, 14.17.080, 14.19.050, 14.19.070, 14.19.105, 14.20.030, 14.20.050, 14.20.085, 14.21.050, 14.22.065, 14.22.085, 14.22.120, 14.23.085, 14.23.120, 14.26.150, 14.26.220, 14.27.150, 14.27.220, 14.28.150, 14.28.220, 14.29.150, 14.29.220, 14.30.120, 14.30.190, 14.33.110, 14.33.150, 14.33.220, 14.34.150, 14.34.220, 15.91.004, 15.91.012, 18.12.278, 22.212.110, 23.91.012, 25.08.900, and 25.08.940 of the Seattle Municipal Code and Section 112 of the Seattle Fire Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes assessment exemptions for the West Seattle Junction business improvement area.CB 121060 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the West Seattle Junction Parking and Business Improvement Area; modifying the exemptions to the Levy of Special Assessment; and amending Ordinance 113326, as previously amended by Ordinances 115997, 119539, 120570, 121758, 125152, and 127103.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $2,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates the structure and procedures of the Office of City Auditor.CB 121072 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to updating the structure and processes of the Office of City Auditor; amending Chapter 3.40 and Sections 14.08.040 and 14.08.050 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Section 15.52.100 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the official summary reports no direct financial effect. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts Seattle’s citywide list of authorized municipal positions for 2025.CB 121077 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; adopting a 2025 Citywide Position List.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are the defined City workforce. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Prohibits property restrictions that prevent sites from operating as grocery stores or pharmacies.CB 121094 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; prohibiting negative use restrictions that limit a property’s use as a grocery store or pharmacy; adding a new Section 23.42.140 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 23.90.004 and 23.90.018 of the Seattle Municipal Code; declaring an emergency; and establishing an immediate effective date; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $1,500. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes which City positions are covered by the civil service system.CB 121141 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; exempting positions from the civil service system; returning positions to the civil service system; and amending Section 4.13.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $49,077. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requires political consultants to disclose their work before providing consulting services in Seattle.CB 121130 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Civil Rights & Democracy +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Ethics Code; establishing reporting and disclosure requirements for political consultants; prohibiting political consultants from providing political consulting services without reporting; adding a new Section 4.16.072 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 4.16.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $248,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Accepts economic-development grants and adjusts 2024 departmental appropriations.CB 120747 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to grant funds from non-City sources; authorizing the Director of the Office of Economic Development to accept specified grants and execute related agreements for and on behalf of the City; 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.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $100,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Aligns Seattle's legal definitions for cannabis businesses with state law.CB 120781 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE updating definitions in the Seattle Municipal Code related to cannabis businesses to align with state law; and amending Section 6.500.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts the City's 2024 list of authorized positions.CB 120847 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; adopting a 2024 Citywide Position List.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are the defined City workforce. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates parking and loading rules for designated music venue zones.CB 120827 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Transportation & Infrastructure +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to music venue zones and their use; establishing rules for parking and loading at music venue zones; and adding new Sections 11.14.376, 11.23.425, and 11.72.255 to, and amending Sections 11.23.120, 11.23.440, 11.30.040, and 11.31.121 of, the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $40,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Makes the Seattle Police officer hiring-incentive program permanent.CB 120862 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE related to recruitment and retention of police officers in the Seattle Police Department; making permanent a hiring incentives program in the Seattle Police Department; and amending Ordinance 126654.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,500,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a ten-year franchise to construct, operate, maintain, replace, and repair an electrical light and power system in, across, over, along, under….CB 120481 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; approving a ten-year franchise to construct, operate, maintain, replace, and repair an electrical light and power system in, across, over, along, under, through, and below certain designated public rights-of-way in unincorporated King County; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the City Light Department to evaluate the risks presented by overhead facilities on streets and alleys in the First Hill district….CB 120594 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to underground utility districts; authorizing the City Light Department to evaluate the risks presented by overhead facilities on streets and alleys in the First Hill district and to determine, based upon the Department’s engineering standards, whether electric facilities should be undergrounded and whether to dispose of remaining utility poles; and amending Sections 21.68.070, 21.68.090, and 21.68.100 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes a 15-year agreement with Whatcom County providing for payments for general and emergency law enforcement and other governmental services provided by….CB 120636 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing a 15-year agreement with Whatcom County providing for payments for general and emergency law enforcement and other governmental services provided by Whatcom County to the City’s Skagit Hydroelectric Project generation facilities and residents of Newhalem and Diablo; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,419,497. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the Department to lease real property to and from private parties for the purpose of installing and operating electric vehicle charging….CB 120637 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Department to lease real property to and from private parties for the purpose of installing and operating electric vehicle charging stations and supporting infrastructure; amending Section 21.49.130 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
To initiate a new Business Improvement Area to be known as the Ballard Improvement Area (BIA).Res 32101 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION to initiate a new Business Improvement Area to be known as the Ballard Improvement Area (BIA).
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Establishes a new 12-year Business Improvement Area to be known as the Ballard Improvement Area.CB 120634 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Ballard Business Improvement Areas; establishing a new 12-year Business Improvement Area to be known as the Ballard Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon owners of commercial property, multifamily residential property, and mixed-use property within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the existing Ballard Business Improvement Area that was established by Ordinance 125151 (“2017 BIA”); suspending the issuance of assessments and providing for the continuity of services under the 2017 BIA; providing for the transfer of any remaining funds from the 2017 BIA Account; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates a sales-and-use-tax deferral for converting underused commercial property into housing.CB 120937 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +3.6 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to taxes; creating a new sales and use tax deferral for the conversion of underutilized commercial property to housing; and adding a new Chapter 5.75 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 2: the rule or service directly applies citywide or through a citywide system. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $140,000,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [2, 2, 2, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2021–2023 Seattle Police Officers Guild labor agreement and related memorandum.CB 120783 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +3.6 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a collective bargaining agreement between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild for the period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2023; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $172,105,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes civil-service coverage, job titles, and salaries for selected City positions.CB 120925 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, commonly referred to as the Fourth Quarter 2024 Employment Ordinance; exempting positions from the Civil Service System; returning positions to the Civil Service System; retitling existing titles; establishing new titles; and adjusting salaries for existing titles; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $94,624. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates Seattle City Council’s monthly presidents pro tem for 2025.Res 32161 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION designating the monthly President Pro Tem of the City Council of The City of Seattle for 2025; superseding Resolution 32123.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates the structure, membership, schedules, and duties of City Council committees.Res 32162 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to committee structure, membership, meeting times, and duties of the standing committees of the Seattle City Council for 2025; and superseding Resolution 32124.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates Seattle’s 2025 participation on regional, state, and City committees.Res 32163 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to participation, for 2025, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees; and superseding Resolution 32157.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts updated rules and procedures for the Seattle City Council.Res 32173 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION adopting General Rules and Procedures of the Seattle City Council; superseding Resolution 32096.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Designates Seattle City Council’s monthly presidents pro tem for 2025.Res 32177 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION designating the monthly President Pro Tem of the City Council of The City of Seattle for 2025; superseding Resolution 32161.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates Seattle’s 2025 participation on regional, state, and City committees.Res 32178 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to participation, for 2025, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees; and superseding Resolution 32163.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes management and advisory-board rules for the University District business improvement area.CB 121076 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the University District Parking and Business Improvement Area; modifying the process for selecting a program manager; modifying the requirements governing the composition of the BIA Advisory Board; and amending Ordinance 126093.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a 2025 memorandum for City construction-equipment operators.CB 121097 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Seattle and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 77, Construction Maintenance Equipment Operator (CMEO) Unit for the period effective from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adjusts 2026 pay ranges for the City’s discretionary-pay positions.CB 121131 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, commonly referred to as the Pay Zone Ordinance; adjusting the pay zone structures for 2026 for the City’s discretionary pay programs; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts Seattle’s state legislative agenda and advocacy priorities for 2026.Res 32187 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION setting forth The City of Seattle’s 2026 State Legislative Agenda.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes assessment rates and exemptions for the SODO business improvement area.CB 121073 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the SODO Parking and Business Improvement Area; changing the assessment rate and exemptions; and amending Ordinance 125678, as previously amended by Ordinance 126191.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates a Deferred Compensation Analyst job series and sets its pay rates.CB 121142 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; and establishing the Deferred Compensation Analyst classification title series and corresponding rates of pay in the Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the official summary reports no direct financial effect. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Sets City Council committee structure, membership, schedules, and duties for 2024–2025.Res 32124 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to committee structure, membership, meeting times, and duties of the standing committees of the Seattle City Council for 2024 and 2025; and superseding Resolution 32037.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Designates monthly City Council presidents pro tem for 2024–2025.Res 32123 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION designating the monthly President Pro Tem of the City Council of The City of Seattle for 2024-2025; superseding Resolution 32036.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Assigns councilmembers to regional, state, county, and City committees for 2024–2025.Res 32125 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to participation, for 2024 and 2025, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees; and superseding Resolution 32038.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Revises councilmember assignments to regional, state, county, and City committees.Res 32127 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to participation, for 2024 and 2025, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees; and superseding Resolution 32125.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes which City positions are included in the civil service system.CB 120763 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, commonly referred to as the First Quarter 2024 Employment Ordinance; exempting positions from the civil service system; and returning positions to the civil service system; all by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $54,577. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates a permanent police recruitment and retention program and transfers supporting positions.CB 120766 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to recruitment and retention of police officers in the Seattle Police Department (SPD); transferring positions from Seattle Department of Human Resources (SDHR) to SPD; creating in SPD a recruitment and retention program; amending Ordinance 126955, which adopted the 2024 Budget; changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; amending Section 4.08.070 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $465,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 2: implementation crosses departments or affects a core citywide governmental function.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Changes the boundaries of the West Seattle Junction business improvement area.CB 120831 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the West Seattle Junction Parking and Business Improvement Area; modifying the boundaries; and amending Ordinance 113326, as previously amended by Ordinances 119539, 120570, 121758, 124528, and 125152.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $490,323. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Approves a labor memorandum with Professional and Technical Employees Local 17.CB 120868 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; authorizing the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement between The City of Seattle and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $20,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Revises councilmember assignments to regional, state, county, and City committees.Res 32157 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to participation, for 2024 and 2025, on King County Committees, Regional Committees, State Committees, and City of Seattle Committees; and superseding Resolution 32127.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adopts the City of Seattle's 2025 state legislative agenda.Res 32155 · Resolution (Res) · 2024 · Government Operations & Finance +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION setting forth The City of Seattle’s 2025 State Legislative Agenda.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Raises pay for specified nonrepresented City jobs in 2025 and 2026.CB 120919 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; providing wage increases for 2025 and 2026 for certain non-represented City job titles; and providing adjustments to certain non-represented job titles.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adjusts pay zones for the City's discretionary-pay programs.CB 120920 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment, commonly referred to as the Pay Zone Ordinance; adjusting the pay zones for titles in the City’s discretionary pay programs; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to convey an easement to the City of Shoreline.CB 120430 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to convey an easement to the City of Shoreline; and accepting the payment of fair market value for the easement.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $50,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120499 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Camera Systems - Images or Non-Auditory Video Recordings.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120500 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Crash Data Retrieval Tools.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120501 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Computer, Cellphone, & Mobile Device Extraction Tools.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120502 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of GeoTime.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120503 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Remotely Operated Vehicles.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120504 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2022 surveillance impact report and 2022 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Tracking Devices.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2023 updated surveillance impact report and 2023 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use….CB 120518 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2023 updated surveillance impact report and 2023 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Forward Looking Infrared Real-Time Video.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the Department to enter and participate in the Western Resource Adequacy Program, including the ability to execute additional agreements necessary or….CB 120532 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Department to enter and participate in the Western Resource Adequacy Program, including the ability to execute additional agreements necessary or convenient to participate in the Western Resource Adequacy Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department.CB 120576 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle accepting easements, each granting to The City of Seattle an easement for overhead or underground electrical distribution rights upon, under and across real property in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department.CB 120577 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle accepting easements for overhead or underground electrical distribution rights upon, under and across real property in King County, Washington; placing said easements under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes commencement of cable franchise contract renewal proceedings in accordance with the provisions of 47 U.S.C. Section 546 and written request from….Res 32095 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION authorizing commencement of cable franchise contract renewal proceedings in accordance with the provisions of 47 U.S.C. Section 546 and written request from Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Establishes the shared City and community goals and strategies of the Future of the Seattle Economy investment agenda as City policy and….Res 32099 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Land Use & Development +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION establishing the shared City and community goals and strategies of the Future of the Seattle Economy investment agenda as City policy and a critical foundation for economic development work in Seattle.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
To initiate a new business improvement area, to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area.Res 32104 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION to initiate a new business improvement area, to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Documenting compliance with the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.Res 32108 · Resolution (Res) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; documenting compliance with the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Establishes a new 15-year business improvement area to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area.CB 120641 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Tourism Improvement Areas; establishing a new 15-year business improvement area to be known as the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area; levying special assessments upon owners of businesses offering transient accommodations with 60 or more rooms within the area; providing for the deposit of revenues in a special account and expenditures therefrom; providing for collection of and penalties for delinquencies; providing for the establishment of a Ratepayers Advisory Board; providing for an implementation agreement with a Program Manager; disestablishing the existing Seattle Tourism Improvement Area that was established by Ordinance 123714 (“2011 STIA”) and later modified by Ordinance 126552; suspending the issuance of special assessments and providing for the continuity of services under the 2011 STIA; providing for the transfer of any remaining funds from the 2011 STIA Account; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the Department to accept as sole owner of fiber cable and associated facilities previously shared with the University of Washington.CB 120260 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Department to accept as sole owner of fiber cable and associated facilities previously shared with the University of Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes and directing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Kalispel Tribe….CB 120259 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing and directing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Affirming the City Light Department’s Clean Energy Implementation Plan as required under Washington State’s Clean Energy Transformation Act.Res 32040 · Resolution (Res) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; affirming the City Light Department’s Clean Energy Implementation Plan as required under Washington State’s Clean Energy Transformation Act.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes the Mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a memorandum of agreement between The….CB 120278 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Mayor and the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a memorandum of agreement between The City of Seattle, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the National Park Service for the transfer and curation of certain precontact archeological artifacts recovered during the 2013 Newhalem Gorge Inn Restoration Project; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2021 surveillance impact report and 2021 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120307 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2021 surveillance impact report and 2021 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Audio Recording Systems.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes approval of uses and accepting the 2021 surveillance impact report and 2021 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of….CB 120309 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Public Safety & Justice +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2021 surveillance impact report and 2021 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of IBM i2 iBase.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Stating the Council’s intent to lift a proviso on anticipated 2022 salary and benefits savings to fund staffing incentives for uniformed police….Res 32050 · Resolution (Res) · 2022 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the Seattle Police Department; stating the Council’s intent to lift a proviso on anticipated 2022 salary and benefits savings to fund staffing incentives for uniformed police officers.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Temporarily removing the charge of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilization accounts.CB 120327 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light and Seattle Public Utilities Departments; temporarily removing the charge of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilization accounts; superseding several sections under Title 21 that authorize and require the collection of interest on delinquent utility consumption and utilization accounts; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $8,705,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 2, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Amending terms and conditions pertaining to the emergency bill assistance program and temporarily expanding access to assistance to certain eligible households for….CB 120328 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; amending terms and conditions pertaining to the emergency bill assistance program and temporarily expanding access to assistance to certain eligible households for a limited time in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) emergency; and amending Section 21.49.042 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,800,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Temporarily extending increased assistance related to COVID-induced customer delinquencies.CB 120329 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities’ Emergency Assistance Program; temporarily extending increased assistance related to COVID-induced customer delinquencies; and amending Section 21.76.065 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,500,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Related to the City Light Department.Res 32056 · Resolution (Res) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION related to the City Light Department; adopting a 2023-2028 Strategic Plan Update for the City Light Department and endorsing the associated six-year rate path.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Related to the City Light Department.CB 120378 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE related to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute an operation and maintenance agreement and a telecommunications agreement, both with Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Acknowledging and approving the 2022 Integrated Resource Plan as conforming with the public policy objectives of The City of Seattle and the….Res 32061 · Resolution (Res) · 2022 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; acknowledging and approving the 2022 Integrated Resource Plan as conforming with the public policy objectives of The City of Seattle and the requirements of the State of Washington; and approving the Integrated Resource Plan for the biennium September 2022 through August 2024.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Protects access to reproductive and gender-affirming care and limits City cooperation with outside investigations.CB 120950 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Health & Human Services +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to reaffirming The City of Seattle as a Welcoming City; supporting access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment in Seattle; extending the responsibility of City employees to protect the provision of reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment; and adding a new Chapter 14.115 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Adds General Fund appropriations for food programs and financial reserves.CB 121126 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Health & Human Services +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 127156, which adopted the 2025 Budget; making appropriations from the General Fund for food programs and reserves; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $4,000,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a report on past City budget underspending and grants.SLI CBO-003S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Budget & Appropriations +2.0 pts
Official titleRequest that CBO report on past budget underspend and grants
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates operating, safety, and enforcement requirements for after-hours nightlife lounges.CB 120956 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +2.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the regulation of after-hours nightlife lounges; defining after-hours nightlife lounges; establishing operational and safety requirements for such businesses; describing enforcement mechanisms; and adding a new Chapter 10.10 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $100,000. Durability 2: the measure creates a lasting regulatory, charter, or voter-approved structure. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 2, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Request that the Mayor’s Office, with the collaboration of HSD, develop a plan to fund addiction treatment using proceeds from the State….SLI HSD-605-A-001 · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2023 · Health & Human Services +2.0 pts
Official titleRequest that the Mayor’s Office, with the collaboration of HSD, develop a plan to fund addiction treatment using proceeds from the State settlement against opioid medication distributors
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Request that the Mayor’s Office, with the collaboration of HSD, develop a plan to fund addiction treatment using proceeds from the State….SLI HSD-605-A-001-2023 · Statement of Legislative Intent (SLI) · 2022 · Health & Human Services +2.0 pts
Official titleRequest that the Mayor’s Office, with the collaboration of HSD, develop a plan to fund addiction treatment using proceeds from the State settlement against opioid medication distributors
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Commits to ongoing Seattle Channel funding and requests an executive funding plan.CB 120911 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Arts, Culture & Community +1.8 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Channel; stating the City Council’s intent to establish dedicated and ongoing funding sources for the operating and capital costs of the Seattle Channel; and requesting that the Executive submit a funding plan by September 3, 2025.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 1: the largest detected official amount is about $1,700,000. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [0, 1, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates a civil action and restitution requirement for illegal graffiti.CB 120995 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +1.6 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to a new civil cause of action against graffiti taggers for illegal graffiti on public and private property and requiring restitution; adding a new Section 10.07.055 to the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Section 10.07.010 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $1,000. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Narrows when substantial building alterations are required under Seattle construction codes.CB 121047 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +1.6 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle’s construction codes; limiting the areas for which substantial alterations are required to spaces or buildings greater than 7,000 square feet in gross area; amending existing substantial alteration requirements; and amending Section 311 of the Seattle Existing Building Code, adopted by Ordinance 127108.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a joint report on the City’s use of Good Neighbor Agreements.SLI HSD-007S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Health & Human Services +1.5 pts
Official titleRequest that HSD and OH provide a report on Good Neighbor Agreements
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 2: the requested work explicitly requires cross-department coordination.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 2]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests quarterly vacancy reports for City-funded rental housing projects.SLI OH-005S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +1.0 pts
Official titleRequest OH to provide quarterly vacancy data reports on city-funded rental housing projects
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 1: the request creates a recurring reporting requirement. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a Human Services report on Seattle’s need for a sobering center.SLI HSD-031S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Health & Human Services +1.0 pt
Official titleRequest that HSD report on sobering center needs
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Declares certain real property rights surplus to utility needs.CB 120461 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2023 · Utilities & Technology +1.0 pt
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; declaring certain real property rights surplus to utility needs; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer to execute an agreement for the City to grant an easement over a portion of the City’s fee-owned transmission corridor near 19541 Stone Ave N in Shoreline, Washington; accepting payment for the true and full value of the easement being granted from Ann and Paul Michel, wife and husband; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 0: the direct action concerns a specific property or facility. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $62,701. Durability 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 0: the required action is confined to one property, facility, or transaction.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 0]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Creates prostitution-loitering crimes, exclusion zones, arrest policies, and violation penalties.CB 120836 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2024 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to prostitution; creating the crimes of prostitution loitering and promoting loitering for the purpose of prostitution; establishing policies governing arrests for prostitution and prostitution loitering; creating Stay Out of Area of Prostitution (SOAP) zones and providing for both the issuance of court orders relating to those zones and administration of those zones; creating the gross misdemeanor of violating a SOAP order; and adding new Sections 12A.10.010, 12A.10.030, and 12A.10.040 and a new Chapter 12A.11 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
Reach 1: the action serves a defined program, department, or user group rather than every resident directly. Fiscal 0: no appropriation, revenue change, or specific expenditure is identified. Durability 1: the action changes an ordinary policy, code provision, plan, or limited-duration program. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [1, 0, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests citywide and municipal plans for arts and culture.SLI ARTS-011S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Arts, Culture & Community +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that ARTS create citywide and municipal arts plans
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a crisis-response dashboard and reporting on the Seattle Restoration Program.SLI CARE-101S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest CARE create Community Crisis Responder public data dashboard and request reporting on Seattle Restoration Program
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a report on measures used to evaluate potential bus-only lanes.SLI SDOT-104S-B · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Transportation & Infrastructure +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that SDOT provide a report on the performance measures and evaluation criteria used for consideration of bus-only lanes
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests analysis and an implementation plan addressing gun violence in Seattle schools.SLI HSD-038S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Public Safety & Justice +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that the HSD report on a landscape analysis and an implementation plan for addressing gun violence in Seattle schools
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests a midyear update on programs designed to build wealth in communities of color.SLI OED-008S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that OED provide a mid-year status update on the programs offered under the “Generating Wealth in Communities of Color” pillar
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Requests Human Services reports on funding for substance-use-disorder treatment.SLI HSD-813S-A · Statement of Legislative Intent · 2024 · Health & Human Services +0.7 pts
Official titleRequest that HSD provide reports related to funding for substance use disorder treatment
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal report, study, analysis, or plan request. Fiscal 0: the SLI does not itself appropriate or authorize the background program amounts it discusses. Durability 0: the request calls for a one-time report, study, analysis, or plan. Institutional scope 1: one department or city office is principally responsible for the requested work.
Factors [0, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional