The Seattle Select Budget Committee took votes on a mix of citywide and district-specific budget amendments on Nov. 14, approving several items and rejecting others. Because many items were stand-alone provisos or restorations, the committee produced multiple roll-call outcomes that will be reflected in council bill 121116 when it returns for final review.

Key approvals and outcomes

- SDCI 6a (tenant services restoration): Passed. The committee added $400,000 to SDCI to help restore tenant services funding targeted to legal assistance, clinics and tenant counseling. Vote: 7 yes, 2 abstentions.

- MO5 a1 (Unified Care Team proviso): Passed. The committee placed provisos intended to preserve nearly $30 million across seven departments to sustain Unified Care Team outreach and coordination. Vote: 6 yes, 1 no, 2 abstentions.

- OH02b (targeted rental assistance for OH-funded providers): Passed. The committee added $6,000,000 targeted to rental-assistance/operating stabilization for affordable-housing providers in OH-funded buildings, to complement a separate $28M RFP. Vote: 7 yes, 2 no.

- SDOT 2b1 (pothole repair funding restriction): Passed. The committee restricted $4.3M in SDOT funding to the pothole-repair program. Vote recorded in committee.

- SPR 17a1 (prefabricated restrooms for District 1 and study): Passed. The committee approved a $1.1M package to enable installation of vandal-resistant freestanding restrooms in District 1 and a $100,000 study on citywide models. Vote: 6 yes, 3 no.

- LAW 2a (city attorney drug-diversion proviso): Passed (7 yes, 2 abstain). The council preserved $289,000 to support a municipal-level drug diversion alternative (staff and legal assistant) connecting defendants to the Municipal Court Resource Center.

- SDOT 51a (downtown activation cleaning / SDOT portion): Passed; added to the bill to preserve downtown activation resources.

- OED 19a (Liberty Project small-business support): Passed. Committee attached an ongoing $500,000 appropriation for the Liberty Project (UW/Tabor100 partnership serving small businesses, primarily Black-owned) to the budget bill. Chair acknowledged this was a late walk-on but central staff confirmed funding was intended to be ongoing.

Notable failures and procedural notes

- Roxbury design proviso (SDOT 003 b1): Failed (3 yes, 6 no).

- Admiral Way safety proviso (SDOT 017 a1): Failed (3 yes, 6 no).

- SDOT micro-mobility corrals (SDOT 31 a1): Failed (3 yes, 4 no, 2 abstain).

Next steps: The committee postponed final passage of council bill 121116 until Nov. 20 to allow central staff to incorporate the approved amendments and correct technical items; no substantive funding changes are allowed at the Nov. 20 session, per the chair.

Vote record summary (select items):
- HSD 82b (Kettle reduction): 7-2 (passed)
- HSD 82a as amended: passed (1 abstention)
- SDCI 6a: 7 yes, 2 abstain (passed)
- HSD 57a1: 5 yes, 3 no, 1 abstain (passed)
- MO5 a1: 6 yes, 1 no, 2 abstain (passed)
- OED 14a1 (business district support): 6 yes, 3 no (passed)
- OH02b: 7 yes, 2 no (passed)
- SPR 17a1: 6 yes, 3 no (passed)
- LAW 2a: 7 yes, 2 abstain (passed)
- SDOT 31 a1 (corrals): 3 yes, 4 no, 2 abstain (failed)
- OED 19a (Liberty Project): 8 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain (passed)

Why it matters: The votes preserve funding for tenants, outreach teams, rental-assistance stabilization for affordable-housing providers, downtown cleaning and small-business technical assistance while rejecting several district-targeted capital provisos. The committee explicitly delayed the bill's final passage to ensure technical accuracy and to allow additional staff follow-up.

Sources: Committee presentations by central staff and department directors; roll-call votes recorded by the clerk.