100.0% passage rate
Position 8 · Citywide
Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Member · 2024–2029
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Overview and record
Activity at a glance
2015–2026 official records
Alexis Mercedes Rinck received credit for 25 passed matters in 2015–2026, earning 84.2 points—in the middle of the current council. The largest single contribution is CB 120952 (2025), worth 6.0 points: Updates eligibility and rates for City Light’s dedicated renewable-energy program. The credited record leans most toward Utilities & Technology, especially electricity.
2015–2026 LegisRate points
84.2In the middle of the current council
0 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.
11 opposed · 0 abstained
85 of 86 records
Sponsorship record23 prime · 2 co-sponsor · 25 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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Utilities & Technology
32.0 points · 38.0%Economy & Small Business
19.0 points · 22.6%Labor & City Workforce
13.0 points · 15.4%Land Use & Development
10.4 points · 12.4%Public Safety & Justice
4.0 points · 4.8%Housing & Homelessness
3.8 points · 4.5%Civil Rights & Democracy
2.0 points · 2.4%By year
Annual work
| Year | Points | Passed | Pass rate | Original | Co-sponsored | Opposed | Abstained | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33.8 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| 2025 | 50.4 | 14 | 100.0 | 14 | 1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 98.0 |
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| Career total | 84.2 | 25 | 100.0 | 25 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 98.8 |
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
- ChairHuman Services, Labor, and Economic Development Committee
- ChairSustainability, City Light, Arts and Culture Committee
- Vice ChairTransportation, Waterfront, and Seattle Center Committee
- MemberHousing, Arts, and Civil Rights Committee
- MemberLand Use Committee
- MemberLand Use and Sustainability Committee
- MemberLibraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee
- MemberTransportation Committee
- ChairSelect Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes
- Vice ChairSelect Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District
- MemberSelect Budget Committee
- MemberSelect Committee on the Comprehensive Plan
Point-by-point audit
Contributing bills
Updates eligibility and rates for City Light’s dedicated renewable-energy program.CB 120952 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +6.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Department to establish eligibility requirements for customers participating in the Renewable Plus Program and charging a rate for the delivery of dedicated renewable energy and its associated Renewable Energy Credits supplied by the Department under the Renewable Plus Program; and amending Section 21.49.089 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 $80,000,000. 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
Sends a business-tax measure funding housing and services to Seattle voters.CB 121028 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the business and occupation tax; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the November 4, 2025 general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on business and occupation tax rates under RCW 35.21.711, authorize the City to levy additional taxes for the purposes of providing housing, human services, workforce, and small business support, increase the business and occupation tax threshold, create a business and occupation tax standard deduction, create offsetting credits for certain eligible businesses, and revise the business license tax consistent with changes to the business and occupation tax; adding a new Section 5.45.105 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 5.45.050, 5.45.100, 5.55.030, and 5.55.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code; proposing a ballot title; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 2: the largest detected official amount is about $385,000,000. 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 [0, 2, 1, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Authorizes a 16-year power-purchase agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration.CB 121062 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +5.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution of a 16-year power purchase agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration and related agreements.
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 $17,000,000. 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
Temporarily blocks new or expanded detention centers while Seattle develops permanent land-use rules.CB 121174 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; adopting a moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approval of applications for the establishment, expansion, or change of use for detention centers; adding a definition for detention centers; amending Section 23.84A.008 of the Seattle Municipal Code; approving a work plan; 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: 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
Requires a 60-day pause when Seattle's police surveillance systems trigger specified data-collection concerns.CB 121179 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Public Safety & Justice +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to collection of surveillance data; specifying conditions for a mandatory 60-day pause in data collection for Seattle Police Department Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) systems; and amending Ordinances 127044 and 127297.
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 0: the action is transactional, technical, advisory, or one-time. Institutional scope 1: one department or city system is principally responsible for implementation.
Factors [2, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Updates Seattle's rules for creating and managing Parking and Business Improvement Areas.Res 32207 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleA resolution adopting updated policies regarding the establishment and management of Parking and Business Improvement Areas for The City of Seattle; and superseding Resolution 31657.
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 $170,000. 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
Adopts Seattle's citywide list of authorized municipal positions for 2026.CB 121262 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Labor & City Workforce +4.0 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to City employment; adopting a 2026 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
Authorizes City Light’s long-term fiber-sharing agreement with Ziply Fiber.CB 120986 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the execution of an indefeasible right of use fiber sharing agreement with Ziply Fiber Pacific, LLC for an effective period of up to two 15-year terms.
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 $7,500,000. 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
Corrects the duration of Seattle business-and-occupation tax rates.CB 121059 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Economy & Small Business +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 127259 to correct a technical error on the duration of business and occupation tax rates; and amending Section 5.55.040 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
Updates Seattle’s procedures for dividing land into subdivisions.CB 121009 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; amending Sections 23.22.024, 23.22.064, 23.22.066, 23.22.070, 23.22.072, 23.22.074, and 23.22.078 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Subchapter IV of Chapter 23.22, consisting of Sections 23.22.082, 23.22.084, 23.22.086, and 23.22.088, of the Seattle Municipal Code to update subdivision procedures.
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
Approves City Light’s 2026–2027 conservation target and ten-year conservation potential.Res 32176 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; acknowledging and approving the City Light Department’s adoption of a biennial energy conservation target for 2026-2027 and ten-year conservation potential.
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
Authorizes City Light programs and incentives that shift customer electricity use.CB 121063 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +4.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the Department to develop programs, enter into agreements with customers and other parties, and provide incentives for modifications to customer electricity consumption; and amending Section 21.49.130 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
Raises or adjusts pay ranges for employees in Seattle's information-technology compensation program.CB 121188 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to City employment; adjusting the pay zones for titles in the City’s Information Technology Professional (ITP) Compensation 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
Creates a job classification and pay scale for forensic digital-evidence employees in the Police Department.CB 121207 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to City employment; establishing the Forensic Digital Evidence classification title series and corresponding rates of pay in the Seattle Police Department.
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 $121,000. 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
Creates a modernized classification and pay structure for Seattle's information-technology employees.CB 121225 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Labor & City Workforce +3.0 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to City employment; establishing the new Information Technology (IT) Talent Modernization classification title structure and corresponding rates of pay for IT positions across City departments.
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
Declares the intention of the City Council to hold a public hearing relating to clarifying provisions on assessment escalations for the Ballard….Res 32212 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleA resolution declaring the intention of the City Council to hold a public hearing relating to clarifying provisions on assessment escalations for the Ballard Business 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
Of intention to modify the boundaries and assessment structure of the Capitol Hill Business Improvement Area and fix a date and place….Res 32211 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Economy & Small Business +3.0 pts
Official titleA resolution of intention to modify the boundaries and assessment structure of the Capitol Hill Business Improvement Area and fix 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 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 City Light’s updated investment plan for transportation electrification infrastructure.Res 32160 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; adopting an updated Transportation Electrification Strategic Investment Plan for the City Light Department that will guide the development of the utility’s infrastructure strategy and investment priorities related to the electrification of transportation.
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 City Light’s interlocal agreement with the Kalispel Tribe.CB 121025 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing 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
Approves City Light’s 2026–2029 Clean Energy Implementation Plan.Res 32181 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Utilities & Technology +3.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION relating to the City Light Department; approving the City Light Department’s 2026-2029 Clean Energy Implementation Plan as required by Washington State’s Clean Energy Transformation Act (CETA), chapter 19.405 RCW.
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 the Roots to Roofs development-bonus pilot program for housing.CB 121011 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Land Use & Development +2.4 pts
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to land use and zoning; establishing the Roots to Roofs Bonus Pilot Program; and adding new Sections 23.40.090 through 23.40.097 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 $90,000. 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
Reaffirms Seattle as a welcoming city committed to supporting all residents.Res 32168 · Resolution (Res) · 2025 · Civil Rights & Democracy +2.0 pts
Official titleA RESOLUTION reaffirming The City of Seattle as a Welcoming City; and committing to maintaining policies that support all Seattle residents regardless of ancestry, race, ethnicity, national origin, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical or mental disability, religion, or immigration status.
Reach 0: the adopted action is an internal plan, study, request, or policy statement. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $300,000. 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, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Rezones several neighborhoods and changes development rules to expand housing and community-serving uses.CB 121196 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2026 · Housing & Homelessness +1.6 pts
Official titleAn ordinance relating to land use and zoning; rezoning certain land in the University District, the Fremont neighborhood, the Madison/Miller neighborhood, the Rainier Beach neighborhood, and the Downtown neighborhood; rezoning land and amending development standards to increase housing supply, support multi-purpose redevelopment on certain sites with community-based uses, remove code barriers to passive house, modular, and mass timber construction and to conversion from commercial space to housing in more zones, and incentivize community-serving uses along with the construction of more housing in certain areas; amending Sections 23.40.080, 23.47A.009, 23.49.008, 23.49.011, 23.49.036, 23.49.058, and 23.49.158 of the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Section 23.40.090 to the Seattle Municipal Code; adding a new Map 1L to Chapter 23.49 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and amending Chapter 23.32 of the Seattle Municipal Code at pages 60, 76, 109, 112, and 188 of the Official Land Use Map.
Reach 1: the direct beneficiaries are a defined population, place, or multi-neighborhood area. Fiscal 0: the largest detected official amount is about $3,500. 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
Orders safeguards and recommendations on whether the regional homelessness authority should continue, restructure, or dissolve.Res 32202 · Resolution (Res) · 2026 · Housing & Homelessness +1.2 pts
Official titleA resolution regarding next steps after the forensic evaluation of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA); requesting that the Seattle Mayor take steps to immediately safeguard public funds, provide an initial assessment of whether it is feasible for KCRHA to adequately address all of the findings in the forensic evaluation, recommend if KCRHA should be dissolved, restructured, or continue as is, submit a set of next steps on how the City will approach the dissolution or restructure of KCRHA if determined to be necessary, and submit monthly reports to Council.
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 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, 0, 0, 1]reach · fiscal · durability · institutional
Prohibits landlords from using shared algorithms to set residential rents in Seattle.CB 121000 · Ordinance (Ord) · 2025 · Housing & Homelessness +1.0 pt
Official titleAN ORDINANCE relating to prohibiting algorithmic rent fixing; and adding a new Chapter 7.34 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 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