City Council

Council Chamber, City Hall 600 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104

Agenda — 13 items

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2. A. CALL TO ORDER
3. B. ROLL CALL
4. C. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. D. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
6. E. COMMITTEE REPORTS
7. 7 CITY COUNCIL:
8. 1. AN ORDINANCE relating to floodplains; ninth extension of interim regulations established by Ordinance 126113, and as amended by Ordinance 126536, for an additional six months, to allow individuals to rely on updated National Flood Insurance Rate Maps to obtain flood insurance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Insurance Program. CB 121013 passed as amended Pass
9. 9 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE:
10. 2. AN ORDINANCE relating to the business and occupation tax; requesting that a special election be held concurrent with the November 4, 2025 general election for submission to the qualified electors of the City a proposition to lift the limit on business and occupation tax rates under RCW 35.21.711, authorize the City to levy additional taxes for the purposes of providing housing, human services, workforce, and small business support, increase the business and occupation tax threshold, create a business and occupation tax standard deduction, create offsetting credits for certain eligible businesses, and revise the business license tax consistent with changes to the business and occupation tax; adding a new Section 5.45.105 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 5.45.050, 5.45.100, 5.55.030, and 5.55.040 of the Seattle Municipal Code; proposing a ballot title; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. CB 121028 passed as amended Pass
11. F. OTHER BUSINESS
12. G. ADJOURNMENT
13. 14 _____________________________________________________ Phillip Wood-Smith, Deputy City Clerk Signed by me in Open Session, upon approval of the Council, on August 12, 2025. _____________________________________________________ Sara Nelson, Council President of the City Council Attachment: Att 1 – Action 3 of CB 121028