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The Council chamber. In 2006, Seattle City Council salaries exceeded $100,000 for the first time. This made Seattle's city council among the highest paid in the United States, behind only Los Angeles and Philadelphia. [19] As of 2021, salaries of district councilmembers are authorized to be $65.32 per hour. [20]
In January 2024, Teresa Mosqueda vacated her seat for Seattle City Council District 8, representing the entire city of Seattle, after being elected to King County Council District 8. [ 15 ] 72 people, including Woo, applied for the vacant seat, [ 16 ] and in a 5-3 vote the Council voted to appoint Woo to the seat. [ 17 ]
In January 2024, Teresa Mosqueda vacated her city-wide District 8 seat in the Seattle City Council after being elected to King County Council District 8. [9] Community activist Tanya Woo was appointed to the seat until the November 2024 special election, and whoever won that election would only serve until the end of the term and would have to run for reelection in November 2025. [10]
The council will have 20 days to fill the vacant position, as set by the city charter. That 20-day period begins Jan. 7, 2025. That is the day after Morales’ official resignation from the council.
The Mayor of Seattle is head of the executive branch of city government, and the Seattle City Council, led by a Council President, is the legislative branch. The mayor of Seattle and two of the nine members of the Seattle City Council are elected at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. The remaining seven council positions are elected ...
Andrew Joseph Lewis (born November 11, 1989) is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Seattle City Council from District 7. He was an assistant city attorney before his election to city council and worked on political campaigns.
(The Center Square) – Alexis Mercedes Rinck has won the race to serve on the Seattle City Council's District 8 citywide position, having garnered 58% of votes as of Friday Rinck will be the ...
As a member of the Council's Public Safety Committee, he voted for a bill that would repeal the city's ban on police use of blast balls. During an earlier visit to a firing range where he saw a blast ball demonstrated, he asked to have a blast ball used on him directly, saying “I made the request, and the executive declined my request.” [ 16 ]