Select Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District
TL;DR
The Select Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District approved an ordinance to place a sales and use tax measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot. If approved by voters, the tax would fund transit and related transportation programs in Seattle. The committee passed the measure as amended.
Key Decisions
- Sales and use tax proposition for transit funding Passed as amended
Agenda
- This meeting also constitutes a meeting of the City Council, provided that the meeting shall be conducted as a committee meeting under the Council Rules and Procedures, and Council action shall be limited to committee business.
- Please Note: Times listed are estimated
- Call To Order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Items of Business
- 1. An ordinance relating to a sales and use tax; providing for the submission to qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, a proposition to collect a sales and use tax to fund transit and related transportation programs in Seattle; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.Council Bill (CB)Action: pass as amended Passed
The Committee recommends that City Council pass as amended the Council Bill (CB).
- Adjournment