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Seattle council signs May Day and National Therapy Animal Day proclamations; members preview committee work
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Summary
Council affixed signatures to two proclamations — May Day and National Therapy Animal Day — and members used the briefing to preview committee agendas, including shelter legislation, public-safety items and stormwater code work.
The Seattle City Council on April 27 affixed signatures to two ceremonial proclamations and heard previews of upcoming committee work.
Council member Foster presented a May Day proclamation recognizing May 1 as International Workers’ Day and said the proclamation would be presented to labor leaders at full council. After a clerk-led roll call, seven signatures were affixed to the proclamation.
Council member Kettle led a proclamation recognizing April 30 as National Therapy Animal Day and described local therapy-animal volunteer partners who serve hospitals and other institutions. Council member Lynn shared a brief anecdote about a pet helping calm someone during a mental-health crisis and expressed support for the proclamation. The clerk recorded seven signatures affixed to the therapy-animal proclamation.
Members then moved to "blue sky" reports and committee previews. Council members flagged a forthcoming Human Services committee discussion of a forensic audit of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, land use committee briefings on shelter legislation and potential amendments, public safety committee items on public drug use and alternative response, and the Governance & Utilities committee's May 14 meeting that will address the stormwater code and could include a vote.
Votes at a glance: both proclamations received roll-call support and had seven signatures affixed; no formal ordinances or resolutions were adopted during the briefing.
