Seattle City Council Special Meeting 1/12/2024
January 12, 2024 — special, 1h 39m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
Motion was made by Councilmember Strauss and duly seconded to amend the voting procedure in Action 1 by allowing Councilmembers to nominate additional names and not exceed a total of eight nominees.
How they voted
It's been moved and second in to adopt the procedure to nominate and select finalists (3-5 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Amendment to add additional names but not up to eight names to be presented
How they voted
Nay Unverified
No: Bob Kettle, None, Maritza Rivera
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Motion was made by Councilmember Strauss and duly seconded to amend the voting procedure in Action 1 by allowing Councilmembers to nominate additional names and not exceed a total of eight nominees. The Motion failed by the following vote: In favor: 3 - Hollingsworth, Morales, Strauss Opposed: 5 - Kettle, Moore, Nelson, Rivera, Saka ACTION 3:
How they voted
The motion carries Conflict — see note
CONFLICT: transcript and official minutes disagree — outcome: transcript=passed official=failed
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
The full transcript, word-for-word as spoken. Speakers appear in order until speaker labeling is complete.
How vote data stays honest
In these records, votes are extracted from the clerk’s roll call in the public recording. Before final publication, they are cross-checked against the city’s official minutes. Corrections are published openly.
This meeting was transcribed with automated speech-to-text. Names and figures should be checked against the official minutes before quoting.