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2026 Budget department reviews (Select Budget Committee)

At a glance

  • What: Committee works through department-by-department budget presentations on 10/27-10/29 (SDOT, Fire, Parks, Human Services, Police and others).

Sources

Log

  • 2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.

  • 2026-10-27 - Select Budget Committee Meeting - Information items heard: Municipal Court, Law, Civil Rights, Labor Standards, Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. No votes.

  • 2026-10-28 - Select Budget Committee - Reviews of Economic Development, SDOT, Fire, Arts and Culture, Parks. No votes.

  • 2026-10-29 - Select Budget Committee - Reviews of CARE, City Budget Office, Human Services, Office of the Mayor, SPD, Legislative Department.

  • 2026-11-04 - Select Budget Committee - Introduction and overview, and Central Staff overview of the Chair's Balancing Package.

  • 2026-11-05 - Select Budget Committee - Two sessions (1:00 PM and 5:00 PM) with public comment scheduled.

  • 2026-09-24 - Select Budget Committee - Session I: City Budget Office overview of the balanced $9.1 billion 2027 proposal (over $40 million in General Fund reductions) and the Parks and Recreation budget.

  • 2026-09-25 - Select Budget Committee - Session I review of the Seattle Police Department 2027 proposed budget: about $557 million, a 13.8 percent increase mostly from labor agreements, with vacant-position cuts, traffic camera expansion and Real Time Crime Center funding.

  • 2026-09-28 - Select Budget Committee - Session I review of the Human Services Department 2027 proposed budget: homelessness (Shelter Accelerator increase, contracts returning from the regional authority), food access, utility discount expansion.

  • 2026-09-29 - Select Budget Committee - Session I briefings on the Office of Housing (JumpStart and Housing Levy funding, a one-time $65 million fund-balance reduction), SDCI (permit volumes down, 10.7 percent fee increase proposed, 34 positions cut) and Planning and Community Development.

2026-10-06 - Select Budget Committee

  • Public hearing (remote speakers): comment on tenant services funding, shelter expansion, police spending, disability accessibility funding, and arts and culture funding.