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30 results for “tax code”
The Select Budget Committee met on October 8, 2025, to consider CB 121083, an ordinance imposing a local sales and use tax to fund criminal justice investments and amending related sections of the Seattle Municipal Code. Eight committee members voted in favor of recommending passage to City Council, with Councilmember Rivera voting in opposition. The meeting convened at 2:01 p.m. with Councilmember Strauss presiding and adjourned at 3:17 p.m.
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The Select Budget Committee held a meeting on September 25, 2025, to review the Mayor's Proposed 2025 and 2026 Budgets through department overview presentations from the City Budget Office and department directors. The committee heard information items on budget process overview (Inf 2732), the CBO's 2026 proposed budget overview (Inf 2733), and federal backfill (Inf 2734). The committee also discussed Council Bill 121083, which proposes imposing a local sales and use tax to fund criminal justice investments and amends Seattle Municipal Code sections 5.60. The meeting was chaired by Councilmember Strauss with seven members present during the afternoon session, beginning at 9:31 a.m. and adjourning at 4:32 p.m.
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The Seattle Housing and Human Services Committee met on September 22, 2025, and unanimously approved six Seattle Housing Authority Board appointments and reappointments. The committee, with five members present, recommended confirmation of Paula L. Houston (term to March 20, 2028), Robert D. Crutchfield (term to December 1, 2026), Paul Purcell (term to December 1, 2026), Kristin Ryan (term to March 19, 2027), Rita Howard (term to March 20, 2027), and Twyla Minor (term to September 30, 2026), with all five voting members in favor of each appointment and none opposed. The committee also unanimously recommended passage, as amended, of Council Bill 121055 relating to the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program, which renews and modifies the program and makes conforming changes to state law through amendments to Seattle Municipal Code chapters.
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The Seattle Housing and Human Services Committee met on September 10, 2025, with five members present (Chair Juarez, Nelson, Rinck, Saka, Solomon) to address two ordinances. CB 121039, relating to residential property transaction disclosures and consumer protections for solicited property owners, was recommended for passage as amended with a 5–0 committee vote in favor. CB 121055, concerning the Multifamily Housing Property Tax Exemption Program including modifications to align with state law and amendments to Seattle Municipal Code Chapters 5.72, 5.73, and sections 5.75.090 and 23.50A.062, was discussed but no committee action was recorded. The meeting ran from 9:39 a.m. to 11:29 a.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
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