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Seattle City Council adopts 2026 budget, allocates $2.85 million for treatment and recovery programs
Summary
The Seattle City Council on Nov. 21 adopted the 2026 operating and capital budget and related clerk file, approving funding priorities including $2,850,000 in new public-safety-tax revenue for treatment and recovery services. The vote on the budget was unanimous.
Seattle’s City Council on Nov. 21 voted to adopt the city’s 2026 budget and the 2026–2030 capital improvement program, enacting the package of changes the council made during the recent budget process.
Chair of the budget committee, Councilmember Strauss, described the ordinance as “enabling legislation” to put the council’s budget decisions into effect and urged colleagues to support it. The council adopted the budget by roll call; the clerk recorded nine votes in favor and none opposed.
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