City Council, July 21, 2026
Approves Council Bill 121231 - City Light rate ordinance and data center customer class, unanimous
How this board votes
The City Council approved 100% of 100 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Alexis Rinck (10 of 195 recorded votes).
Parsed from the official meeting recordings. Verify against the official minutes.
See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
Seattle City Council took no zoning or development entitlement actions at this meeting; the substantive votes concerned a transit sales-tax ballot measure and a City Light electric rate ordinance.
- Jurisdiction
- Seattle, WA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- July 21, 2026
- Decisions
- 6 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Projects in this meeting (1)
A project bundles every related decision, across hearingsCouncil Bill 121231 - City Light rate
ApprovedFree sample: decision 1 of 6
Council Bill 121226 - Seattle Transit Measure sales/use tax ballot measure
Ordinance to submit to voters at the November 3, 2026 election a 0.3% sales and use tax to fund transit and related transportation programs, ~$1.4 billion+ over 10 years, adding roughly 100,000 service hours. Passed as amended, nine in favor, none opposed. Four amendments (A, B, C, D) adopted along the way.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Seattle City Council took no zoning or development entitlement actions at this meeting; the substantive votes concerned a transit sales-tax ballot measure and a City Light electric rate ordinance.
Key Decisions (6)
Council Bill 121226 - Seattle Transit Measure sales/use tax ballot measure
Amendment A to Council Bill 121226 - reporting deadline dates
Amendment B to Council Bill 121226 - transit access program reporting date
Amendment C to Council Bill 121226 - transit routes near schools
Amendment D to Council Bill 121226 - farebox recovery, on-time performance, reliability reporting
Council Bill 121231 - City Light rate ordinance and data center customer class
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Seattle placed a 0.3% sales-tax transit measure (~$1.4B over 10…
Infrastructure
Seattle City Light will raise electric rates 9.5% amid projected…
Commercial Demand
City Light created a distinct rate class and conditions of…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the chair, 8 councilmembers, and 3 members of the public.
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