Select Budget Committee — Minutes 2025-10-17
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The Seattle Select Budget Committee met on October 17, 2025, to review analyses of the 2026 Proposed Budget and consider department-specific policy options, with Central Staff presenting how the budget is balanced. The committee heard information items on four departments: Seattle Police Department (Inf 2761), Community Assisted Response and Engagement (Inf 2762), Seattle Fire Department (Inf 2763), and Human Services Department (Inf 2764). The meeting was chaired by Councilmember Dan Strauss, with six members present in the morning session and five present in the afternoon session following a recess from 12:19 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; the committee adjourned at 2:27 p.m.
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