City Council, July 21, 2026
Approved: Council Bill 121231 - City Light rate ordinance and data center customer class, unanimous
How this board votes
The City Council approved 99% of 123 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Alexis Rinck (22 of 250 recorded votes).
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On July 21, 2026, Seattle approved Council Bill 121231 - City Light rate ordinance and data center customer class (unanimous).
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
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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.
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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
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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…
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Who spoke
19 distinct speakers; 9 identified names.
All speaker roles: 9 Public, 8 Councilmember, 1 Clerk, 1 Chair.
Identified name roles: 8 Councilmember, 1 Chair.
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Zoning terms (4)
5 recorded timestamps
- zoning (1 timestamps)
- public hearing (1 timestamps)
- residential (2 timestamps)
- commercial (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (6)
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