City Council

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The materials in this collection reflect the work and functions of the Central Staff Director and Central Staff Analysts and includes digital correspondence, drafts, proposals, memos, and research materials concerning a variety of topics assigned to Central Staff Analysts.

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Agendas, correspondence, staff reports, notes, and other materials related to the City Council's weekly briefings meetings. The meetings provide Council members the opportunity to apprise one another of issues that will be coming to the Council and to receive briefings from other City staff on programs, projects, and issues of concern for the Council. The meetings were formerly known as the City Council Business Meetings. Note that there are some years missing from the series.

Scope and Contents note Agendas for the weekly meetings of the City Council. The Agendas include legislation titles and Committee recommendations regarding passage of items. For some years there are lists of legislation passed at each meeting. Agendas can be found in three different locations. Paper hard copies of agendas are available for the years 1964 to 1992, although before 1976 agendas are incomplete. After 1992, agendas are compiled annually as a Clerk File from 1996-2012. Researchers can search in the ...

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Weekly listing of all City Council meetings, regular and special committee meetings, public hearings, and the schedule for Channel 28, the City-owned government access cable television station. First named the Hearings Calendar, the schedules were later called "Two-Week Look Ahead."

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Proceedings of the Ballard City Council. Includes vote results by precinct of annual city elections.

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Proceedings of the Georgetown City Council

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Proceedings of the Southeast Seattle Town Council. Includes oaths of office, newspaper clippings regarding incorporation and movement toward annexation, and petitions and a resolution supporting annexation to the City of Seattle.

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Proceedings of the West Seattle City Council

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Proceedings of Columbia City Council.

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Background materials for City Council members for issues discussed at Committee of the Whole meetings. Includes summary of issues, proposals, draft legislation, calendar of meetings, and table of contents.

Scope and Contents Note Committee meeting records maintained by Nick Licata's office. These records include materials on city finances such as budget appropriations, surplus property, real property, and public banking. Records also address wage and labor standards, marijuana business regulations, and for-hire vehicles and taxis. Committee records contain poetry and materials on Arts District(s) planning, zoning cultural buildings, and LPAT (Landmark Performing Arts Theater). Series includes records from a joint...

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One volume is divided into five sections: three sections cross-reference Council Bill, Resolution, and Ordinance numbers to volumes and pages of the minutes; and two sections cross-reference by subject. The second volume indexes volumes 12-21 of the minutes chronologically by broad subject headings.

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Unofficial lists of City officials in pamphlet form. Some lists were compiled by the Office of the Comptroller, others provide no author. Some pamphlets include all City officials and their office addresses, boards and commissions, City Council committees, and Council Rules. The run is incomplete; there is not a directory for each year.

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Correspondence, memoranda, staff reports, draft legislation, and other materials related to the work of the Neighborhoods Committee during Conlin's tenure as chair.

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Photographs from Pedersen's office during his term on Seattle City Council.

Scope and Contents Note Seattle Channel is an award-winning municipal television station that reflects, informs and inspires the community it serves with a local mix of news, analysis, stories and perspectives.In January 1997, the City created a new unit within the Executive Services Division: Channel 28/Video Services, charged with the responsibility to both provide video services to City departments and to improve the quality and content of the programming on the City's municipal channel. In 1999,...

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Proceedings of South Park City Council.