Seattle Council Committee Report
Governance and Utilities Committee
Council Chamber, City Hall
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Thursday, July 9, 2026, 9:30 AM
This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a
committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee
business.
Please Note: Times listed are estimated
A. Call To Order
Meeting Start Time: 9:36 a.m.
Presiding Officer: Council President Hollingsworth
3 - Joy Hollingsworth, Robert Kettle,Dan Strauss
1 - Debora Juarez
Present:
Excused:
1 - Maritza Rivera
Late Arrival:
B. Approval of the Agenda
C. Public Comment
D. Items of Business
1.
Appointment of Zahoor Ahmed as member, Washington State Convention
Center Public Facilities District Board, for a term to July 30, 2030.
The Committee recommends that City Council confirm the Appointment (Appt).
4 - Hollingsworth, Kettle, Rivera,Strauss
In Favor:
None
Opposed:
Audit Recommendation Updates
2.
3.
The Information Item (Inf) was heard in Committee.
An ordinance relating to the Utility Discount Program; amending the
income threshold for the utility discount program for water, wastewater,
drainage, solid waste, and electric utility services; and amending Sections
21.49.040 and 21.76.030 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
The Committee recommends that City Council pass as amended the Council Bill
(CB).
4 - Hollingsworth, Kettle, Rivera,Strauss
In Favor:
