FOR JOINING THE CITY OF COUNCIL
CITY OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS NOVEMBER 1st BLACK,
2022. THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL
COME TO ORDER. I AM THERESA.
PRESIDENT PRO TEM. MADAME
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PERSON.
>> COUNSELOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PRO TEM MOSQUEDA .
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JAREZ JURAEZ
JUAREZ 'S EXCUSE TODAY. WE ALSO
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
PRESENT ON THE PHONE.
>> FOR FREE TO JUMP IN ANY TIM
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
IT. WE WILL NO DEAR PRESENT FOR
THE RECORD. YOUR PRESENCE FOR
THE RECORD. COUNCILMEMBER BORI
WILL BE EXCUSED TODAY FROM THE
MEETING.
>> NOTING NO A OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ WILL
NOT BE HERE. I'M NOT AWARE OF
ANY PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL MOVE
DIRECTLY INTO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
THAT ARE PRESENT ON OUR ONLINE
ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT AUCTION .
THANK YOU FOR DIALING IN TO
PROVIDE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DURING THIS TIME WITH COVID AND
THE FLU YOUR PRESENT IN THE
COMMUNITY. WE WILL CONDUCT
PUBLIC,. EACH PERSON IS TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK. YOU WILL HEAR
YOUR NAME AND THE TIME TO
SPEAK. YOU WILL GET THE
INDICATION YET BEEN ON MUTE.
PRESS ÷ 6 TO UNMUTE YOUR LINE
AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. AT THE
END OF YOUR TIME YOU WILL HEAR
A 10-SECOND CHIME THAT WILL BE
YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP UP YOUR
REMARKS BEFORE THE MICROPHONE
IS MUTED. AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. I WILL TURN IT OVER T
OUR CLEAR. PLEASE READ THOSE
THREE PEOPLE INTO THE RECORD.
AND PRESS ÷ SIX TO UNMUTE YOU
LINE. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS UP AND.
>> WE ARE THE EMERALD CITY.
THE CITY OF FLOWERS AND GOODWIL
. IT IS BIL ON INDIGENOUS LAND
IN THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF
THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> CLERK, I READ MOST OF THAT.
YOU CAN JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO IT
>> WONDERFUL. OUR FIRST REMOTE
SPEAKER WILL BE HOWARD GAYLE.
REMEMBER TO PRESS ÷ 6 AND YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD DEAL
WITH SEATTLE STOP FEDERAL
CREDIT UNION. TODAY YOU WILL
CONFIRM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
LIVING UP TO TWO THIRDS OF ITS
NAME. IS AN OFFICE LOCATED IN
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS AN
OFFICE SERVING POLICE OFFICERS
INVESTIGATING . IT IS NOT AN
ENTITY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL
ACCOUNTABILITY. FOUR MONTHS
AGO, AN INQUEST JURY SPOKE
UNANIMOUSLY AND A BIG YOU WERE
ASLEEP. SEATTLE POLICE DID
PRECISELY WHAT THEY WERE TRAINE
TO DO UNDER POLICY WHEN THEY
SHOT CHARLIE D LILES , A
PREGNANT MOTHER OF FOUR, SEVEN
TIMES IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN
LET'S BE CLEAR. THE JURY DID NO
FIND THE KILLING MORALLY
JUSTIFIED . THE JURY FOUND
THAT THE OFFICERS ACTED
ACCORDING TO TRAINING AND
POLICY. IF THIS COUNCIL CANNOT
FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY , AT THE VERY
LEAST, THEY CONSUMERS FIND A WA
TO AMELIORATE HARM THAT THE
TRAINING AND POLICY E. ELISE
PROVIDE THE MONEY TO SUPPORT TH
VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND
THEIR FAMILIES. IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE HARMS THAT YOU HAVE
ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. TOWARD
THIS GOAL, THE COUNCIL HAS
RECOGNIZED IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE BUDGET, MANY FOR VICTIMS
OF VIOLENCE UNLESS THE VIOLENC
IS PERPETRATED BY A POLICE
OFFICER. THIS IS A BUDGET
PROVIDING MONEY TO STEM
VIOLENCE UNLESS THE VIOLENCE IS
PERPETRATED BY SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS. WE NEED TO SUPPORT
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ADDENDUM T
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES
IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE.
THE PLAN TO SPEND OVER $11
MILLION THIS YEAR AND NEXT
YEAR, WILL PERPETUATE A FACADE
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. IF
YOU DO NOT SPIN A TINY FRACTION
OF THAT TO ADDRESS THE REAL
HARMS THAT THE SYSTEM HAS
ALLOWED TO CONTINUE UNABATED.
THANK YOU.
>>. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CASTIL
HIGHTOWER.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS CASTILE
HIGHTOWER. VICTIMS AND FAMILIES
OF POLICE VIOLENCE NOT ONLY
CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM THE HAR
CAUSED INITIALLY, BUT CONTINUE
TO SUFFER BY WAY OF NOT
RECEIVING THE RACERS THEY NEED
FOR ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
TIMES OF OUR LIVES. OUR BROTHE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] HIGHTOWER JR
WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE
WHEN HE WAS SIX PINKSTON MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS. VERSUS SUCH AS
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND MANY
FOR THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL AND
THE DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING A
HOSTILE AND CONFUSING SYSTEM AN
MORE WOULD HAVE MADE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES DIRECTL
AND GENERATIONALLY. AND IN MAN
LIVES LIKE OURS. WE ALL KNOW
THAT THE VIOLENCE HAS CONTINUED
SOME POLICIES HAVE NOT BEEN
MORALLY RESPONSIBLE. THERE IS
HARMON, THAT THE COP POLICY
CREATES. AND IT CAN ALSO ASSIS
IN THE MILLIONS THAT THE CITY
CONTINUES TO SPEND AND PLANS O
CONTINUING TO SPEND IN
JUSTIFYING AND DEFENDING THE
HARM AND TRAUMA AND LOSS CREATE
BY CITY EMPLOYEES AND
EXACERBATING THE CITY
BUREAUCRACY. THAT IS WHY I
PROPOSED THE CITY EXTEND ITS
MORAL OBLIGATION TO VICTIMS OF
VIOLENCE TO INCLUDE VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE AND THEIR
FAMILIES AND URGE YOU TO
INCLUDE RESOURCES IN THE
2023-2024 BUDGET. WE ASKED FOR
THE BARE MINIMUM HERE. ASKING
FOR THE BARE MINIMUM OF A MORAL
OBLIGATION . PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
KILLED, HAVE BEEN HARMED,
IRREPARABLY DAMAGE TO THEIR
LIVES, THEIR LOVED ONES ' LIVES
AND CHILDREN'S LIFE. WE ARE
ONLY ABLE TO PAY FOR THE
HEADSTONE FOR MY BROTHER AND
COULD NOT BRING HIM FLOWERS.
INC. ABOUT THIS IN THE HARM AND
THE HARM THAT IS CONTINUALLY
HAPPENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES
OUR REGISTERED AND PRESENT
SPEAKERS TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
THANK YOU VOTE FOR DIALING IN
AS WELL . THAT DOES CONCLUDE
EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON INTO ITEM
NUMBER 1 ON THE AGENDA. ITEMS
1 AND 2 , THESE ARE
QUASIJUDICIAL ITEMS. THE
COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT ITEMS ON
THIS. THE COMMENTS WE HEARD
WERE NOT RELATED TO THOSE. I
WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK AS WE
HEAD INTO OUR ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA, MADAME CLERK, I WILL
OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED
TO THOSE ITEMS.
>> THOSE ARE CARRIED OVER FROM
, POSSIBLY, LAST WEEK. THE
ITEMS WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA
TODAY ARE ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA. I'M SORRY IF I DID NOT
CATCH THAT BEFORE.
>> THAT IS OKAY. I WANTED TO
DOUBLE CHECK. WONDERFUL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
THE ADOPTION OF INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR:
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL TO
COUNCIL COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
BILLS . IT HAS BEEN POSTED. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, IT WILL
BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM F. F
ON THE AGENDA. IT APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA IS THE . IF THERE IS
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. THAT LEAVES US RIGHT
OVER TO THE LITURGY, APPROVAL
OF CONSENT CALENDAR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR CONSISTS OF ROUTINE
ITEMS. . TWO ITEMS FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION. MADAME CLERK,
WOULD YOU READ THE FIRST ITEM
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR INTO
THE RECORD ?
>> THERE ARE FOUR, TWO REGULAR
PIECES 1. OF BUSINESS AND TWO
PIECES OF REGULATION. WE HAVE
MINUTES 402 OCTOBER 18, 2022
ATTACHMENTS: MINUTES BILLS: AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY
EMPLOYMENT; AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF TWO MEMORANDA OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE CERTAIN CITY UNIONS;
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 2. CB
120447 AND APPOINTMENT 2395.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE
CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY
ITEMS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE
TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT
CALENDAR TODAY AS NOTED FROM
MADAME CLERK, THE MINUTES FROM
OCTOBER 18th, PAYROLL BILLS,
AND COUNCIL BIL 120447 AND
APPOINTMENT 2395. HEARING NO
INDICATION THERE IS A DESIRE TO
REMOVE ANY OF THE ITEMS FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I MOVED
TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING
NONE, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
CONSENT CALENDAR
>> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE OF
O'S.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
A UNANIMOUS PAST WORK THE
CONSENT CALENDAR , THE ITEMS
ARE ADOPTED. WITH THE CLERK OF
FIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES
AND LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? ALSO,
IF THERE ARE ANY COMMITTEE
REPORTS FROM TODAY'S MEETING ,
JUST PAUSING TO CONFIRM.
>> THERE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. WE ARE AT OTHER
ITEMS OF BUSINESS. ARE THERE
OTHER ITEMS FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION TODAY?
>> I AM NOT HEARING OR SEEING
ANY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT
DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS FOR TODAY. WE ARE AT
ITEM L, GERMAN. THE NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL
MEETING IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,
2022. THIS MEETING MAY BE
CANCELED IF THERE ARE NOT
IMMEDIATE ITEMS NECESSARY FOR
THAT MEETING, NOVEMBER EIGHT,
2022. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
BUDGET . I WILL LOOK. AS WE
GET INTO THE WEEDS OF VARIOUS
PROPOSALS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD, WE
EXPECT TO RELEASE OUR PROPOSED
BALANCING PACKAGE ON NOVEMBER
7th AND HAVE A HEARING THAT
TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED A.M.
BALANCING PACKAGE. AS WE MAY
COUNCIL THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER 8 MEETING IN THE
INNING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL
MAKE THE DECISION WHEN SHE IS
BACK. AFTER THAT, THE NEXT
REGULARLY SCHEDULED FULL
COUNCIL MEETING YES NOVEMBER
15th , 2022 IT TO:00 P.M. MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT TO
EXPECT, NEXT TUESDAY NOVEMBER
8, WE ARE FOCUSED ON BUDGET
RIGHT NOW. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE
SUCH A SHORT MEETING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I
SEE NOTHING ELSE. WE WILL LET
THE COUNCIL MEMBER PRESIDENT
NO. TAKE CARE, EVERYONE. THIS
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> [GAVEL POUNDING]
>> [ MEETING ADJOURNED ]