Seattle City Council meeting minutes — January 27, 2026
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Council met in regular session; roll call showed nine members present; public comment heard; Introduction & Referral Calendar, agenda, and Consent Calendar were adopted; Council passed CB 121156 to appropriate funds for claims; Councilmembers agreed to sign a PSRC letter concerning the Governor's Washington State Ferries budget proposal.
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- Introduction & Referral Calendar (IRC 508) adopted by unanimous consent.
- Meeting agenda adopted by unanimous consent.
- Consent Calendar adopted, including approval of Minutes (Min 552, Jan 20, 2026).
- CB 121156 (ordinance appropriating money to pay claims for the week of Jan 12–16, 2026) passed on the Consent Calendar (unanimous).
- Councilmembers (8) agreed to affix their signatures to a Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) letter regarding Governor Ferguson's budget proposal for Washington State Ferries.
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Agenda
- CALL TO ORDER
- ROLL CALL
- PRESENTATIONS
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
- January 27, 2026
- APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
- APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
- Journal:
- January 20, 2026
- Bills:
- AN ORDINANCE appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of January 12, 2026, through January 16, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
- COMMITTEE REPORTS
- Agenda Item
- ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
- ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS
- OTHER BUSINESS
- ADJOURNMENT
- _____________________________________________________ Jodee Schwinn, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on February 3, 2026. _____________________________________________________ Joy Hollingsworth, Council President of the City Council
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