City Council, June 23, 2026
Approves 2025 Budget Exceptions Ordinance (Council Bill 121208), 7-0
How this board votes
The City Council approved 100% of 93 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Alexis Rinck (7 of 177 recorded votes).
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This Seattle City Council meeting contained no substantive land-use or zoning business. The only votes were on two annual budget ordinances (Council Bill 121208, a 2025 exceptions ordinance for $8.1 million, and Council Bill 121209, a 2026 carry-forward ordinance for $138 million…
- Jurisdiction
- Seattle, WA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 23, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 7-0
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2025 Budget Exceptions Ordinance (Council Bill 121208)
Ordinance amending the 2025 budget making various adjustments to complete the city's accounting process and provide retroactive budget authority for prior year spending. Total requested exceptions of $8.1 million, the majority ($5.9 million) increases to the health care fund due to...
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Meeting Summary
This Seattle City Council meeting contained no substantive land-use or zoning business. The only votes were on two annual budget ordinances (Council Bill 121208, a 2025 exceptions ordinance for $8.1 million, and Council Bill 121209, a 2026 carry-forward ordinance for $138 million…
Key Decisions (2)
2025 Budget Exceptions Ordinance (Council Bill 121208)
2026 Carry Forward Ordinance (Council Bill 121209)
Market Signals (2)
Infrastructure
A community member raised a long-delayed Aurora Avenue rebuild project…
Sentiment
Strong public demand for continued city funding of community violence-prevention…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the chair, 3 councilmembers, and 12 members of the public.
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