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'2Words I never thought I would say,' Strauss said, referring to the announcement, and called the action 'completely unnecessary, unwarranted, and only stoke division in chaos that does not exist today.' Council member Kettle echoed the point and framed the discussion around local public-safety gains, saying city leaders had stabilized police staffing and reduced homicides in part through local initiatives.

Because of concerns about the federal action's immediate relevance to public-safety planning, Strauss proposed and, with no objection, the committee adopted an amended session order to hear the Seattle Fire Department first, then the Seattle Police Department, and then the Community Assisted Response and Engagement Department.

The committee's stated change in order was procedural: the chair described it as a response to current federal developments and to ensure committee members heard presentations the chair judged most relevant to the committee's work that morning. The committee recorded no formal vote beyond adopting the amended agenda by unanimous consent or absence of objection.

Council members also used the opening statements to emphasize cooperation among the mayor's office, the council and department heads on public safety priorities; Kettle urged continued collaboration on police staffing, accountability and public-health responses to safety challenges.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Select Budget Committee Session I 9/29/25","oneSentenceSummary","Select Budget Committee chair Dan Strauss and Council member Kettle criticized the federal announcement of troop deployment to Portland and said it directly affected the committee's public-safety agenda, leading to an agreed change in the session order.","taxTitle","Seattle, King County, Washington","taxId",2543,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5972096,"Seattle Police present 2026 budget additions including hiring, public-disclosure staff and CCTV expansion",3185,3529000,6714000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5869942-3048015cecef4b24460496076dd00196&start=3529&end=6714","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5869942-3048015cecef4b24460496076dd00196/thumbnail_3529000.jpg","/articles/5972096/Seattle/King-County/Washington/Seattle-Police-present-2026-budget-additions-including-hiring-public-disclosure-staff-and-CCTV-expansion","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5972096-a939133ed5a1c38a64f74ef23e12a98b/orig.mp4?Expires=1773504179&Signature=nRD4CGsoPhh8fF5~A-w08krXkUcUXz-~Os9nUpgn6t0BqbDd8Da6GqGC4xjp4ZAZPARozkGGFboSm3lFtNrrivNFc24BxRT6-bN4QJVXaRZn2JO5qbZI4zVXrPRl6KwY~DXtCttQupkCEIYkUvnVQ9DIWOOP59P~mv7eTHkuFsUyjALFSm-O2YcS0KSPAT01Pei9lkzAD-afi87PNucI1QZd5OkK4OUVVFznwH9X4GKDY2hfuW4y81cZwyVm5x4xc2k6RTX4EaUe1taOtJk7n~EsD4QaC2~CxcjVNW0~grf6bVXtje5x6gbEEHzV3qI-tAiR6LGq-wTfmAGc30I3FQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Seattle Police Department leaders briefed the Select Budget Committee on Sept. 29 about the mayor's proposed 2026 budget, describing sustained hiring gains, an add for sworn staffing and several programmatic investments.

COO Brian Maxey and Executive Director of Budget and Finance Angela Soschi said the department had hired 168 officers since the last budget, a net of 93 over attrition, and projected in-service staffing will rise substantially in 2026. The proposed budget adds funding for 143 officer positions (a $26 million addition), raising funded FTEs from the endorsed level toward the department's staffing goals.

Soschi described reductions the department proposed to help meet general-fund targets, including cuts to discretionary training and some temporary positions, and a $943,000 reduction to overtime. She said the department will preserve required in-service training and certifications while limiting some professional-development travel and non-essential training.

Key additions described in the proposed budget include ongoing funding for public-disclosure staff (two additional public disclosure officers plus removal of sunset dates for two previously temporary positions) in response to a high volume of public disclosure requests (SPD processed more than 17,000 PDRs in 2024). The budget also funds a CCTV expansion in Capitol Hill ($435,000, one-time and ongoing funds) to assist real-time crime analysts and investigations, and adds an ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion officer position that had previously been term-limited.

The department said FIFA-related equipment purchases ($757,000) are included to buy barriers, trailer packages and expand CCTV in the stadium district; the mayor's team held reserved revenue for those items and is appropriating them to SPD in the proposed budget.

During the session Chief Barnes and staff discussed recruitment and retention, overtime reduction as hiring ramps up, and administrative reforms. Barnes described the department's priorities as crime prevention, community engagement, employee safety and wellness, continuous improvement, and recruitment and retention. Council members pressed for details on timing for officer deployment, how overtime will decline as new hires are trained, the department's approach to CCTV and surveillance concerns, and plans for independent investigations of deadly use-of-force now that the consent decree has ended.

The chief and staff also said SPD has been approved to join a regional independent-investigation arrangement (the Independent Investigation Team drawing resources from King County and other agencies) for deadly-use-of-force criminal probes while the department will continue to carry out administrative investigations.

The committee did not vote on the budget during the briefing; SPD answered questions and said detailed cost and program information will be provided to council staff for follow-up.","SPD briefed the Select Budget Committee on the proposed 2026 budget package that restores funding for officer positions, adds resources for public disclosure, funds CCTV expansion into Capitol Hill and includes FIFA-related equipment purchases.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5972102,"Seattle Fire Department outlines 2026 budget priorities and expansion of overdose response",1035,433000,1468000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5869942-3048015cecef4b24460496076dd00196&start=433&end=1468","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5869942-3048015cecef4b24460496076dd00196/thumbnail_433000.jpg","/articles/5972102/Seattle/King-County/Washington/Seattle-Fire-Department-outlines-2026-budget-priorities-and-expansion-of-overdose-response","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5972102-823144af840645d85b227ab15dbe00af/orig.mp4?Expires=1773504179&Signature=TjJs4cmxPLnb9UAi1qOftYF~tYAs1yAcJ9cNZe1-wGJwdUP~Lv~lcrONTOeR-26YP8qzVDtcv~o~fY3bUUUzX~GDfirevJHIUc1BdHgsscN-rdEcGjzfxk~dOQRhMYSU39nDeENBWBCRtAN6YXL6VSfUSwkt4xKf08m~wJu5ApUDptITJbdfbRmhMtxFBacP0dOLbNRKRhATWMsdB5Jug55m8Liw1-Q9wcDHwh5FG81s4-L9CgH5~y-X9-o1-vjJym-Tzdx9xkV6LqnS0Wq2lhpYl9B6da4HYm2fXofcb4deLQ8Kq7Ns62guw7BD-c4v9kt4QT8k-3-Tq9rnSTwkUA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Seattle Fire Department Chief Scoggins and deputy finance director Lori Chan told the Select Budget Committee on Sept. 29 that the department's proposed 2026 budget focuses on staffing, mobile integrated health (MIH) services and readiness for large events.

The department said the proposed budget is $348,000,000 with 1,213 full-time equivalents and that it includes funding to hire 100 new firefighters in 2026 through two recruit classes, including a planned 80-person class in February. Chief Scoggins said vacancies stood at about 100 and that the department anticipates unit outages and half-year savings in some accounts until recruits are fully onboarded.

The department framed the budget around four lines of business: operations (engines, ladders, medic units out of 33 stations), fire prevention (inspections, plan review and enforcement), resource management (dispatch, training, emergency preparedness) and administrative services (HR, finance, public affairs). Chief Scoggins said the fire alarm center handled rising 911 volume and that 2024 was the department's busiest year at more than 112,000 emergency responses.

Health programs and alternative response were a major focus: Chief Scoggins described HealthONE, Health 99 and Health 98 units that provide follow-up and overdose care, and said the budget adds staff to run Health 99 seven days a week, new nurse-practitioner capacity and vehicles. He gave these program numbers: more than 1,400 overdoses responded to since launch, 727 non-duplicated clients touched by teams, and 15 patients given the 30-day long-acting buprenorphine injection. Scoggins said the nurse line triaged about 8,000 calls this year and the department is close to 10 case managers.

Other proposed investments included funding for a fire-department data strategist, additional fire prevention staffing and human resources support for recruitment. Chief Scoggins highlighted a plan to add 20 additional funded firefighter positions in 2026 (part of the 100 new hires planned) and said equipment and facility projects are timed to support large events, including FIFA next year.

Council members questioned the state of mechanics and vehicle replacement cycles, the scale-up plan for alternative response units, case management for firefighter injuries, and whether training and wellness resources will be increased. Chief Scoggins said mechanic staffing is up, noted a large order of engines and ladder trucks arriving in 2027 (11 engines and three ladder trucks), and described the department's occupational-health and return-to-work efforts to reduce overtime costs. He also confirmed recruit outreach and application dates (applications open Oct. 7; recruitment events planned at Fire Station 32 and North Seattle College).

The committee took no formal vote on the budget during the briefing; the department presented the mayor's proposed budget and answered council questions.

The presentation and committee discussion emphasized rising call volumes and expanded MIH as a cost-and-demand response: the department described efforts to reduce repeat high-utilizer calls via case managers and HealthONE follow-up, and the planned expansion of Health 99 to seven days a week to increase alternatives to ambulance or emergency-department transport.","The Seattle Fire Department presented the mayor's proposed 2026 budget and described plans to expand staffing, mobile integrated health services and recruit classes to address rising 911 call volume and overdose response.","actionData","errors"]

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