A RESOLUTION regarding Initiative 137 concerning excess compensation payroll taxes to fund the Social Housing Developer (which the City Council determined not to enact on September 19, 2024); authorizing the City Clerk and the Executive Director of the Ethics and Elections Commission to take those actions necessary to enable proposed Initiative 137 to appear on the February 11, 2025 ballot and the local voters’ pamphlet in conjunction with the Payroll Expense Tax proposal (City Council Bill 120864), which is a proposed alternative measure dealing with the same subject matter in accordance with Charter Article IV; requesting the King County Elections Director to place the proposed Initiative 137 and its alternate on the February 11, 2025 election ballot in accordance with applicable law; and providing for the publication of such proposed Initiative Measure and its alternate.
Res 32148 · Resolution (Res) · Adopted
Sponsors: Maritza Rivera, Cathy Moore, Robert Kettle, Tanya Woo
Timeline
- Sep 16, 2024: sent for review (City Clerk)
- Sep 16, 2024: sent for review (Council President's Office)
- Sep 17, 2024: referred (City Council)
- Sep 19, 2024: adopted (City Council)
- Oct 1, 2024: attested by City Clerk (City Clerk)