TO APOLOGIZE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING ONLINE. WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SO WE'RE STARTING LATE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. [ ROLL CALL ] >> EIGHT PRESENT. >> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HEARING NO OBJECTION, COUNT ILMEMBER JAR EDZ IS EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. FOLKS, THE REASON WE'RE HAVING A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY DURING THE BUDGET DELIBERATION IS TO VOTE ON THREE PIECE OF LEGISLATION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. TWO OF THEM ARE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT UPDATES AND THE THIRD IS THE APPOINTMENT OF BONNIE GLENN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE OTHER IS TIME SENSITIVE BECAUSE THERE IS A 30- DAYTIME LIMIT BETWEEN THE MAYOR TRANSMITTING APPOINTMENT LEGISLATION AND COUNCIL FORMALLY APPOINTING OR CONFIRMING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS TODAY. THERE ARE NO PRESENTATIONS. SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S J END A THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE COUNCIL PROGRAM. CLERK, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? >> WE HAVE THREE IN PERSON AND FOUR REMOTE. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES AND START WITH THE IN-PERSON COMMENTERS. >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER REGISTERED. SPEAK WILL HEAR A CHIME. WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT, SPEAKERS' TIME WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DON'T END COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE FIRST SPEAKER. >> THERE ARE ONLY THREE SPEAKERS, GABRIEL HALSTON, YVETTE DENNISH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. SO I ONCE SUGGESTING TO THE COUNCIL THAT FOR DISCUSSING CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS WITH THE PUBLIC LIKE THE SURVEILLANCE BILL TWO MONTHS AGO, I THINK THE REDDIT FORMAT WOULD BE THE MOST CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO DO IT. I LISTENED TO 128128 COMMENTERS AND I WAS TABULATING THE POINTS THEY MADE LIKE PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESS AND OVERWHELMING THE COMMENT WAS ACCESS BY I.C.E. AND SKIPPING THE TWO-YEAR ANNOUNCED PILOT PERIOD. THERE WAS THE GUY WHO SHOWED UP AND SAID HE WANTED TO EAT ALL OF YOU. REMEMBER THAT? THAT'S NOT ON HERE. I TABULATED THAT. AND THE REDDIT Q AND A AND THE WAY THIS WOULD WORK IS THE EVERYBODY VOTES IT UP AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND AND PEOPLE CAN ASK FOLLOW- UP QUESTIONS. THE THING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT IS EVEN IF YOU SINCERELY WANT TO ANSWER PEOPLE'S COMMENT, OOH EASY TO LOSE TRACK OF WHAT PEOPLE SAID. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE MOST COMMON THING WAS ABOUT I.C.E. AND IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT DID TALK ABOUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID THERE WAS ANNOUNCED A TWO- YEAR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND ASKED WHY THAT WAS BEING SKIPPED. THE ANSWER IS THAT THE EARLY RESULTS WERE SO GOOD THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SKIP AHEAD WITH IT OR HAD THE PROBLEM GOTTEN WORSE THAT IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SKIP AHEAD. I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY, FINE, BUT I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT. SEVERAL PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A STUDY FROM 2019 ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF CCTV ON CRIME. MULTIPLE PEOPLE SAID THAT CCTV REDUCED PROPERTY CRIME, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON VIOLENT CRIME, AND YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY THINK DESERVED A RESPONSE. I MEAN, IT IS TRUE THAT SEATTLE DOES HAVE LOWER VIOLENT CRIME THAN OTHER CITIES AND HAS THE HIGHER RATE OF PROPERTY CRIME. SO THE POINT THAT EVEN IF THE STUDY IT IS SHOWED THAT, OR THAT PROPERTY CRIME WAS THE POINT? I SINCERELY THINK THIS IS A BETTER WAY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. I AM NOT TRYING TO TRICK YOU. ONE OR MORE OF YOU CAN DO A REDDIT Q AND A ON THIS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I CAME HERE REGARDING A BUDGET AND I CAME HERE LAST TIME AND IT WAS SO PACKED. CRAY, CRAY. I AM HERE REGARDING THE SNAP CUTTING AND PARTICULARLY IT WAS SO SWIFT I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE GOOD FOOD BAG PACKING AND WHEN I WENT LAST WEEK THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY WERE GETTING EXTRA FUNDING, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND WITH THE EXTRA FUNDING THEY'LL BE WITH THE FIRST ORGANIC VEGETABLES AND THEY WOULD ADD SHELF- STABLE FOOD LIKE RICE AND BEANS AND THOSE THINGS THAT THEY SENT OUT. TODAY WHEN I WAS THERE WE PACKED 478 GOOD FOOD BAGS TO GO TO PRESCHOOLS SO THEY'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU REGARDING THE BUDGET WITH THE DEEPEST OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT THAT YOU ALL ARE WONKS AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING. GOING THROUGH THAT MINUTIA AND DETAIL AND STAYING WITH IT, GODGOD YOU ALL. I CAME LAST WEEK HOPING TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE DETECTIVE COOKIE CHESS PARK. SHE HAS 40 KIDS EVERY WEEK. THEY GO TO TOURNAMENTS, ET CETERA AND THE GIFTS OF HOPE, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION I COLLABORATE WITH, THEY DO WONDERFUL STUFF WITH THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND LET'S SEE -- LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHEN WILL THE BUDGET BE FINALIZED? BECAUSE I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, WHEN THIS PROCESS WILL BE DONE? AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU DO AND KEEP IT UP. AND I'VE GOT TO LEAVE BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER VOLUNTEER GIG TO GO TO. >> OUR LAST SPEAKER IS GABRIEL. >> HOWDY, FOLKS. MY NAME IS GABRIEL DIAZ. I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT A YEAR AGO TODAY EXACTLY, ACTUALLY. I CAME TO THIS COUNCIL AND TOLD MANY PEOPLE ON THIS DEUS THAT IF THEY CONTINUED ON THIS WAY THEY WOULD BE VOTED OUT LIKE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER WILL. I SPOKE ABOUT THE ANTI- WORKER, AND THE FAILED POLICY AND THE CLEAR CONTEMPT FOR THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THE CITY. SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS FIGHT TO RELAX ETHICS AND COST THE CITY MILLIONS AND MORE CONTEMPT FOR THE CITY. HOW DID THIS END UP? WITH AN ALMOST 30- POINT LOSS FOR THE CURRENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, A NEW MAYOR AND NEW CITY ATTORNEY. I AM ASKING EITHER LISTEN TO US AND ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR US OR JOIN US IN THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE. IT HAPPENED TO WU. IT HAPPENED TO NELSON. WHICH ONE OF YOU ON THE DEUS WANTS TO BE NEXT. ALSO, WHICH I HAVE A FULL MINUTE, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW OPA PERSON. SDPA HAS A MASSIVE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE. DURING 2020 ESPECIALLY, BUT ALSO DURING CAL ANDERSON PROTESTS. I GOT AN OVERVIEW FOR THIS, AND I PROMISE YOU, THE STUFF YOU WILL SEE COME OUT OF THIS IS HORRIFIC. YOU SEE THERE WAS A QUOTE FROM AN OFFICER WHO SAID, AND I'M GOING TO QUOTE, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE OFFICER WHO SAID WE'RE GOING TO GO IN HEAVY AND PUT IN FUCKING WORK AND THAT WAS WHEN NO CRIMES WERE BEING COMMITTED AND THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT POLICE FEELS ABOUT THE CITY. YOU NEED OFFICERS WHO WANT TO HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE AND THIS CURRENT OPA PERSON WILL NOT DO THAT AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE CURRENT OPA. THANK YOU. >> WE'LL NOW MOVE INTO REMOTE SPEAKERS. WE HAVE FOUR REMOTE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. A REMINDER TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS TO PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 AFTER YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS HOWARD GILL AND HOWARD WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO ALVAREZ. GO AHEAD, HOWARD. ARE YOU THERE, HOWARD? >> HIS PHONE MIGHT BE ON MUTE. >> SORRY. MY BAD. MY BAD. SORRY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOWARD GILL, DISTRICT 7. TODAY YOU ARE CONSIDERING APPOINTING THE THIRD DIRECTOR FOR THE BRIEF EIGHT- YEAR EXISTENCE. THIS APPOINTMENT WAS DONE WITH AN ASTOUNDING LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND RUSH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY ELECTION AND BUDGET SEASON. THE TWO PREVIOUS OPA DIRECTORS LEFT OR WERE FIRED IN DISGRACE. OPA'S FIRST DIRECTOR WHEN HE WAS CITY ATTORNEY HAD FALSELY PROSECUTED AFRICAN- AMERICAN PARAPLEGIC MAN BEATEN BY SPD OFFICERS RESULTING IN COURT SANCTIONS AGAINST HIM AND WAS THEREFORE REJECTED FOR THE JOB FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN PHOENIX. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A FLAWED VETTING AND TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM. THIS APPOINTMENT MUST BE REJECTED FOR AT LEAST THREE MAJOR REASONS IN A DECISION TO THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE ABYSMAL HISTORY OF PRIOR APPOINTMENTS. GLENN HAS SPENT ALMOST HALF HIS CAREER AS PROSECUTOR, CONSIDERING THAT THE OPA HAS FAILED TO HAVE CONSISTENT INVESTIGATIONS AND HOLD ANY OFFICER ACCOUNTAGE FOR THE EGREGIOUS SPD KILLINGS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. TWO OF THEM JUST THIS YEAR. SECOND, FWLEN GLENN HAS STATED THAT ALLOWED THAT SKILLED CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS CAN INVESTIGATE, A CLAIM THAT IS HIGHLY DECEPTIVE AND THAT IT CONTRADICTS MANDATES IN THE UNIQUE CONTRACT THAT SPD MUST TAKE THE LEAD ON ANY SERIOUS INVESTIGATION IN AT LEAST TWO- THIRDS WILL REMAIN SPD OFFICERS. OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WASHINGTON STATE CREATED A UNIT FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE THAT BANS POLICE HAVE INVESTIGATING POLICE, YET SEATTLE CLINGS TO THIS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNJUST SYSTEMS. ALL OF THESE THIS GLENN SUPPORTS THIS OUTDATED AND UNJUST MODEL. WITH THE NEW COUNCIL TAKING OFFICE IN JUST WEEKS, IT IS EXTRAORDINARILY UNFAIR TO DO IT NOW AS OPPOSED TO LET THE COUNCIL MAKE A MUCH MORE REASONABLE AND TRANSPARENT CHOICE. >> ALBERTO ALVAREZ? PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. >> THANK YOU. TODAY COUNCIL WILL APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE BOARD. BOARD APPOINTEES MUST REMEMBER THAT POLITICIAN LANDLORD MARITZA RIVERA IS ON RECORD FOR TRYING TO SABOTAGE EDI PROJECTS BY THE BLACK COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO THE EDI BOARD. RIVERA BACKED DOWN ONLY AFTER FACING A MULTI- HOUR PUBLIC SHAMING FROM THE COMMUNITY SHE WAS TARGETING. RIVERA IS ALSO -- ALSO TOOK AN OFFICIAL VOTE TO TRY AND LIFT ETHICS RULES TO ENRICH HERSELF AS A LANDLORD. IN ADDITION, SHE ENDANGERED PORT OF SEATTLE OPERATIONS, VOTING TO CLASS FAMILIES IN THE HEART OF REGIONAL FREIGHT LINES SO THAT HER WEALTHY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WOULDN'T HAVE TO PITCH IN WITH HOUSING IN THE COMP PLAN. ALL IN ALL, THE EDI BOARD HAS THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM WITH A POLITICIAN LIKE MARITZA RIVERA. SHE IS EITHER FULLY CORRUPT OR DANGEROUSLY IGNORANT. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE HOURS OF PUBLIC SHAMING TO STOP PEOPLE LIKE HER FROM HARMING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> STEVEN HAYNES? >> HI. STEVEN HAYNES. THE WORKERS NEED A THREE AND A HALF DAY WORKWEEK, SEVEN-DAY PAY, DOUBLE THE SHIFTS AND BOOST OF MORE OFMORALE, IT'S BEEN REJECTED BY THE PEOPLE. SINCE THE COUNCIL PITULATED TO THE MAYOR DEFENDING CRIMINALS CONNECTED TO THE UNDERWORLD THAT MADE ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY POLICIES MOOT AND USED THE ABUSE OF FREE PRESS ALLOWING FOR A MANIPULATION OF THE TRUTH AND THE REALITY OF CRIME HOT SPOTS BEING DISPERSED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO LET THEM TO ROAM AROUND BELL TOWN AND FURTHER DESTROY IT. THAT SAID, THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD EVIDENTLY GETS $75 AN HOUR TO BE RACIST AND LOOK THROUGH A LENS OF POLICIES, LINING THE POCKETS OF BLACK LIVES MATTER AND GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTERS WHO SHOOK DOWN AND CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE AND RACE BAIT COUNCIL AND LINE THEIR POCKETS WITH SIX- FIGURE SALARIES, BEING RACIST IN THEIR AGENDA BASING THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON AN IGNORANT PAST THAT THEY REGURGITATE WITH HATE PROVING TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT WHILE ALLOWING A SHAKING DOWN OF CITY HALL WITH OVERSIGHT TAX DOLLARS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTING A RACE WAR WITHIN THE PUBLIC PLAYOFFS FROM PROTESTERS TO DISTRACT FROM THE FACT THAT SELF- HEALING CONFLICT OF INTEREST LANDLORDS WHO DON'T HAVE A RESTRICTION WITH SABOTAGES AND INTEGRITY OF THE POLICIES OF THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT DISTRACT -- THAT JUSTIFY HAVING THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY DO AN AUDIT OF THIS BUDGET TO FIND OUT HOW MANY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE SUBJECTED THIS COMMUNITY TO BY LOOKING THROUGH AN IGNORANT LENS OF RACISM,RACISM, THAT ARE LIKE THE POCKETS OF PROTESTERS THAT NEED TO BE -- >> THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE WILL PROCEED. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND WE WILL HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28th AND NOVEMBER 23rd, 2025. COUNCIL BILLS 121 THROUGH 111 AND 121 THROUGH 112, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS AND FIVE APPOINTMENTS FROM THE LAND USE COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? [ ROLL CALL ] >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE ADOPTED. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS 1 AND 2 INTO THE RECORD. >> AGENDA ITEMS, 1 AND 2. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, 177, UNIT FOR THE PERIOD OF EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1 2025, THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2025. COUNCIL 121078 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL NUMBER 77, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS UNIT FOR THE PERIOD EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1st, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31s t 2026. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD AND I'LL ADDRESS BOTH OF THEM AND THEN THE BILLS WILL BE OPEN TO COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL VOTE -- WE'LL MOVE EACH OF THEM SEPARATELY AND VOTE ON THEM. SO BOTH THIS AND THE NEXT PIECE OF LEGISLATION ARE UPDATES TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FOR TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY LOCAL 77 AND PROPOSE A ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO BOTH PIECES OF THE LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW. SO COUNCIL BILL 121017 UPDATES BETWEEN THE CITY AND LOCAL 77 FOR CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE WORKERS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. IT PROPOSES A RETROACTIVE ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AN AGREEMENT THAT ENDED DECEMBERDECEMBER 2024, INCLUDES A 4% WAGE INCREASE RETROACTIVE TO THE BEGINNING OF 2025 THAT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE AN INCREMENTAL COST OF 496,000. IT AFFECTS 44 REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY APPOINTEES IN THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND MAINTAINS ALL OTHER PRIOR PROVISIONS AND COUNCIL BILL 121098 UPDATES THE CBA BETWEEN THE CITY AND LOCAL 77 FOR I.T. PROFESSIONALS AND IT PROPOSES A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2025, INCLUDES A 3. 6% WAGE INCREASE FOR 2026 WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE AN INCREMENTAL COST OF ABOUT 3.4 MILLION AND MAINTAINS -- AND IT MAINTAINS ALL PRIOR PROVISIONS AND AFFECTS 445 REGULARLY APPOINTED CITY EMPLOYEES. SO I HAVE ASKED AMANDA ALLEN FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO BE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, AND SHE DID SEND TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION ON NOVEMBER 6th AND THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR INBOXES. ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON ITEMS 1 OR 2? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE'LL NOW MOVE EACH BILL SEPARATELY. I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL 121097. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS THE BILL. ARE THERE FINAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121097. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. FOR ITEM 2 THAT WAS ALREADY READ INTO THE RECORD I MOVE TO PASS 121098. SECOND? >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WOULD THE CLERK CALL THE RAUL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. >> >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUS. >> YES. >> HOLLINGSWORTH. >> >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. >> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT. WOULD THE CLERK AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF AND FINALLY WE'LL GET TO ITEM 3, WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 3 INTO THE RECORD. APPOINTMENT 3328 BONNIE GLENN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE TERM OF DECEMBER 2026. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, SPONSORED AND RECOGNIZED TO MOVE THE ITEM. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT 3328. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT AND WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND PROCEED? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, ANDREW MEYERBERG, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR HAROLD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BONNIE GLENN, OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY INTERIM DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELVES. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW OUR GUESTS TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AT THE TABLE. HEARING NONE, AGAIN, WE ARE DOING THIS IN AN IRREGULAR FASHION BECAUSE OF THE TIME LIMIT ON THIS TRANSMITTAL OF THE APPOINTMENT. HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PROVIDEPROVIDE REMARKS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> YES. NORMALLY WE WORK THROUGH COMMITTEE AND BRING IT TO COUNCIL, BUT OBVIOUSLY, DURING THE PERIOD OF BUDGET WE CAN'T DO THAT. SO WE'RE IN THIS SPECIAL SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN TODAY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVEHAVE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MISS GLENN AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF OPA DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AND I AM PART OF THE PROCESS. I'VE DONE INTERVIEWS WITH GLENN, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTENOTE MOVING FORWARD THAT SHE HAS BEEN THE ACTING DIRECTOR BEFORE THAT DEPUTY DEBTOR OF OPA, OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND BEFORE, THAT THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND ALSO WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES, ONGOING ADJUNCT AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, VERY IMPORTANT, AND YEAH, SHE WAS AT THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEFORE THAT. SHE COMES TO US WITH A VERY WIDE EXPERIENCE WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS ROLE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF VARIED EXPERIENCE. IT'S NOT TIED INTO ONE AREA OF LAW, AND THOSE PIECES HERE ARE WITHIN THE STATE AND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WHICH ALSO GIVES A BREADTH OF UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE LOCALLY AND WHO THE VARIOUS PLAYERS ARE, THE OFFICES AND INDIVIDUALS. SO SHE COMES TO US WITH A GREAT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE THAT IS SOLID AND THEN BRINGS THESE DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER. AS NOTED IN THE Q AND A BACK AND FORTH. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR THE QUESTIONS. YOU CAN SEE THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS AND HOW IMPORTANT ACCOUNTABILITY IS IN WORKING WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND HIGHLIGHTING THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PIECE FOR THIS COUNCIL TO WORK TO IMPROVE OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS TO INCLUDE THE OPA AND EARLIER THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR CHIEF OF POLICE INVESTIGATIONS LEGISLATION WHICH REALLY HELPED OPA BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIT OF A BOTTLENECK THAT WE HAD. WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WORK IN TERMS OF THE LABOR SIDE WHICH IS STILL TO BE FINISHED, BUT PIECES LEAK THE HUNDRED- DAY INVESTIGATION AND FRONT LINE INVESTIGATIONS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES BRING TO FORE OUR EFFORT TO IMPROVE AND BASICALLY SET UP OPA FOR SUCCESS AND THEN THAT PACE, AS WELL, MISS GLENN. I THINK MISS GLENN BRINGS THE LEADERSHIP PIECE. I'VE SEEN THIS IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH HER IN THE REGULAR MEETINGS SHE HAD, AND SHE RECOGNIZES THOSE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO PUSH FORWARD AND MEDIATION BEING A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT. I KNOW THAT IS VERY HARD, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT MEET YAGZ MEDIATION AND DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SPECIFICALLY OPA ARE VERY IMPORTANT. SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO MR. MEYERBURG FOR ESSENTIALLY SPONSORING THIS AND TO MISS GLENN FOR BEING HERE AND YOUR SERVICE ALREADY AS ACTING DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPA. COLLEAGUES, WITH THIS BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF, AGAIN, SETTING UP OUR ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS FOR SUCCESS TO INCLUDE OPA AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS AN ONGOING PIECE WITH THE GLASS HALF EMPTY, AND A GLASS HALF FULL. IN THIS CASE IT'S A GLASS HALF FULL. THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND PART OF THAT WORK IS CONFIRMING MISS GLENN AS HEAD OF OPA. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. >> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON, PUBLIC CHAIR KETTLE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO JOIN YOU TODAY. WE ANNOUNCE MAYOR HAROLD'S NOMINEE FOR OFFICE THE COMMUNITY >> WHICH INVESTIGATES THE OFFICE OF MISCONDUCT. THE COMMUNITY INFORMED LENS WITH POLICING AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AND THE OIG, THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHICH PROVIDES SYSTEMIC OVERSIGHT OF SPD. ALL OF INDEPENDENT BOTH FROM THE CITY'S POLITICAL BRANCHES AND FROM EACH OTHER. [ NO AUDIO ] >> BONNIE GLENN IS THE MAYOR'S CHOICE TO LEAD OPA. THE JOB OF OPA DIRECTOR IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY REQUIRED TO MAKE HARD ECISIONS IN HIGH- PROFILE CASES AND PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS A GIVEN. HOWEVER, AS CHALLENGING AS THE JOB IS IT'S EQUALLY REWARDING. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHANGING POLICING FOR THE BETTER EVEN IF INCREMENTALLY. IN LOOKING FOR THE NEXT OPA DIRECTOR WE WANTED SOMEONE WHO WAS CALM UNDER PRESSURE AND SOMEONE WHO COULD MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS EACH IN LIGHT OF PUBLIC PRESSURE AND SOMEONE WHO DEMONSTRATORS THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO DECIDE COMPLEX CASES AND SOMEONE WHO VALUES THE IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS, BOTH FOR COMPLAINANTS AND OFFICERS. SOMEONE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF SEATTLE'S HISTORY AND DEEP COMMUNITY TIES AND SOMEONE WHO WAS KIND, AND WHO HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. BONNIE GLENN LEADS ALL OF THIS CRITERIA. BONNIE'S NOMINATION RESULTSED IN A NATIONAL SEARCH AND ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS, AND PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERS AND FINALLY, MAYOR HAROLD. ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE FOLKS WHO DID THE INTERVIEWS FOR THEIR TIME AND FEEDBACK. IN OUR OPINION, BONNIE IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS OPA DIRECTOR. SHE HAS PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS A SENIOR LEVEL PROSECUTOR AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. SHE CAN STIMP IMPLIFY FACT PATTERNS. SHE HAS SERVED ON NUMEROUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BONNIE IS A PROVEN LEADER. SHE'S DEMONSTRATED THIS DURING HER TIME AS INTERIM OPA DIRECTOR. SHE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITION AND HIGHLY RESPECTED BY HER STAFF. LASTLY, IN MY OPINION, MOST IMPORTANTLY, BONNIE IS A STRONG PERSON WITH A STRONG MORAL COMPASS AND EXACTLY THE KIND OF BONNIE'S APPOINTMENT TO CONTINUE LEADING THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WITH THAT, WITH THE COUNCIL'S ALLOWANCE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BONNIE FOR BRIEF REMARKS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF OF STAFF MEYERBERG FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL CHAIR SARA NELSON AS WELL AS THETHE CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY ROBERT KETTLE AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. IT IS, INDEED, A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO HAVE BEEN LEADING THE SEATTLE THE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. AS INDICATED, I HAVE SERVED AS INTERIM DIRECTOR SINCE MID-DECEMBER OF 2024 AND INTERIM DIRECTOR SINCE DEPUTY DIRECTORDIRECTOR SINCE JULY, SEPTEMBER 27th OF 2023. I HAVE OVER 30+ YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND HAVE SERVED IN VARIOUS LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT BY CHOICE. I PERSONALLY HAVE MADE A CHOICE AND CHOSEN TO WORK IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND HAVE DONE SO THROUGHOUT MY CAREER FROM LAW SCHOOL ON, AND YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT -- [ NO AUDIO ] >> WASHINGTON, AS WELL. BUT I DID WANT TO SAY FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION, I WON'T BELABOR, BUT I DO BELIEVE I AM QUALIFIED UNIQUELY IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND YES, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS A JUDGE AND BEEN ABLE TO MAKE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS IN WORKING WITH SOME OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED FOLKS ESPECIALLY ON SOME CALENDARS AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, PEOPLE WITH MEDICAL ISSUES AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS BEING PARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED. ALSO PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE HAVING A DEEP COMMITMENT, AS I THINK YOU WERE SHARING, COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, IS IN MAKING SURE THAT DUE PROCESS OF THE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE YOU, THE ONES MAKING THE COMPLAINT, ET CETERA. SO I HAVE A TRACK RECORD WITH THAT AND SOMETHING VERY PROUD ABOUT THAT. I AM ONE OF THOSE THOSE PERSONS HAS ALWAYS SEEN AS THE PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? SOMEONE AS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAMILY. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE WORKED IN OTHER CAPACITIES YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECTOR OF JRA FOR THE STATE, AND THE JUVENILE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE ENTRY AS FOR AS HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE GET REHABILITATED AM AND YOUTH ON PAROLE FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR THEIR STEP DOWN TO GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES. ALSO WORKING WITH >> ON JUVENILE JUSTICE AND HELPED REVAMP THE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL AND STATE ADVISORY GROUP. WE WANTED TO REVAMP THAT AS THE STATE AND HELPED REVAMP THAT IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE FOR FUNDING AND PROGRAMMING AND SOME CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE STATE. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS ALSO GRANTS LIKE THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AND COORDINATING A LOT OF THAT WORK, AS WELL. SO I SERVED AS THE ADVISER ON JUVENILE JUSTICE AT THAT LEVEL. ALSO, I DID SERVE AS A LEAD ASSISTANT ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND ALSO -- JUST SO YOU KNOW, I WAS A PRECINCT LEAD AND ONE OF THE FIRST FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND ALSO POLICE FOR REPEAT OFFENSES AND SO FORTH AND WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE ISSUES THERE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I PROSECUTED THE HIGH- PROFILE CASES IN WORKING AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE TWICE. I ALSO WORKED AT THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SERVED AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE KUNG COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND WORKED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING AND WE WORKED ON THE WHOLE CONTINUUM. I WORKED IN PREVENTION INTERVENTION WHICH I DID A LOT OF WORK IN FOR WHETHER IT WAS TRUANCY PREVENTION AND INVESTING IN THE YOUTH THAT WORKED WITH KING COUNTY AND THE CITY TO -- IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY, THE SUPPRESSION PART OF IT WITH REGARD TO THE PROSECUTION OF CASES AND ALSO THE REHABILITATION AND THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY. WE'RE TALKING POLICY, BIG P LEGISLATIVE AND ALSO POLICY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN EFFECTUATE THINGS AND YOU DON'T NEED THINGS AND YOU CANCAN COLLABORATIVELY AND I AM PROUD OF WORKING AS A COLLABORATOR AND ACROSS SYSTEMS. THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'VE DONE, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT LASTLY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS I GUESS MY WORK IN TEACHING AND I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR OVER 18 YEARS AS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL AND ALSO FOR THE UNIVERSITY AS A WHOLE, AND I HAVE TO SAY I RECEIVED AN AWARD, AND I ACTUALLY WAS SURPRISED. YOU COULD HAVE BLOWN ME OVER WITH A FEATHER THEY'D SAID AT THAT TIME, THEY SAID 18 YEARS, BUT I HAD BEEN THERE 16 YEARS AND I WAS SITTING THERE AND I DID RAISE BOTH HANDS SAYING OH, MY GOODNESS. I DID THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOVE OF INSPIRING A NEW GENERATION, THE ENERGY, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO EFFECTUATE CHANGE AND THE NEXT LEVEL AND BEING A PART OF THINGS LIKE THIS, BEING A PART OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND PART OF BEING RE- ENTRY AND OUR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK, BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I AM VERY INVOLVED WITH MY COMMUNITY AND THAT IS MY COMMUNITY WORK BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. I AM VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY. I JUST FINISHED MODERATING AND BEING PART OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE 35th ANNIVERSARY, AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 35 YEARS. I'VE HAD THE HONOR TO WORK WITH JUDGE McCULLOUGH WHEN I WAS A LAW CLERK BAILIFF WITH CHARLES B. JOHNSON AND ALL OF THE FOUNDERS WHO WERE A PART OF THE PROGRAM. WE WERE THERE AND JUST HAD AN INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WITH THAT PROGRAM AGAIN, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF TREE HOUSE AND THE STATE MINORITY AND JUSTICE COMMISSION WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AND WORKING HAND IN HAND. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M COMMITTED TO PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. WITH REGARDS TO MY -- THE REASON I BROUGHT THOSE THINGS UP IS BECAUSE I BRING -- THOSE ARE MY LIVED EXPERIENCES, RIGHT? THEY'RE PROFESSIONAL AND ALSO PERSONAL THAT I BRING TO THE TABLE. I BELIEVE I BRING -- I GUESS ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS I BELIEVE I'M THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB IS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE BODY OF WORK, I UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF IT, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THE DUE PROCESS AND COMMUNITY THROUGH MY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL, THROUGH MY LIVED EXPERIENCES, OUR FAMILY EMIGRATED TO NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WERE FROM HILLTOP, TACOMA, AND EMIGRATED AND WE WERE FIRSTFIRST ONE OF AFRICAN- AMERICAN FAMILIES, AND WE DID THAT AND ALSO IN SEATTLE KNOCKING DOWN SOME OF THE COVENANTS WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING BASED ON RACE, AND SO I'VE BEEN PART OF GROWING UP IN A CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSEHOLD AND SO I HAVE TO SAY MY PARENT HIS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT, AND MY MOTHER IN PARTICULAR, SHE'S FROM NEW YORK AND RAISED IN BALTIMORE, SO SHE'S GOT THE BALTIMORE CIVIL RIGHTS PART AND ALL OF THAT AND ALSO NEW YORK, LIKE TELL IT LIKE IT IS, WHAT'S GOING ON. LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE. SO IT'S A COMBINATION, AND IT LIVES ON THROUGH MYSELF AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE HEARD AND LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING. THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE SAID FOR THAT, BUT I THINK OVERARCHING, I THINK I BRING A BALANCE OF LEGAL EXPERIENCES AND HANDS- ON WORK AND THIS COMBINATION MAKES ME UNIQUELY QUALIFIED AND THE LISTENING AND THE UNDERSTANDING WHETHER IT'S THE CASES THEMSELVES WHEN YOU WON A NATIONAL AWARD FOR THE EVERSIGHT &, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY WORK WE DID. NO ONE IS GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE IN OUR PROCESS IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T BUILD COMMUNITY, TRUST. WHETHER IT'S SURVEYS OR GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I JUST FINISHED A PANEL POLICING THE RAINBOW AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND THE OFFICE OF OI, WAS THERE, ROBERT ROGOFF, MYSELF AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE THERE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN, BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. WITH THAT SAID, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I BRING COUPLED WITH THE DEDICATED, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PASSIONATE STAFF WHICH IS BOTH SWORN AND CIVILIAN THAT WE PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OVERSIGHT FOR THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE. I PRIDE MYSELF FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF AS A SERVANT LEADER AND COLLABORATOR, AND ALSO I'M A RELATIONSHIP BUILDER, TRYING TO DEVELOP STAFF AND A COLLABORATOR WITH OTHERS AND IF THERE'S ONE THING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOU NEED IT'S COLLABORATION AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE UPON THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK TOGETHER, AND SO WITH THAT, I NOW WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BRINGING THIS NOMINATION FORWARD AND THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU ERIM DIRECTOR GLENN FOR BEING HERE. I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS. I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE MEDIATION PROGRAM SO YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, YOU KNOW HOW -- HOW YOU CAN, AS OPA AND AS THE OVERSEER OF THIS PROGRAM, IT IS MEDIATION IS SOMETHING SOME PEOPLE MAY BE AWARE OF. IT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, MEANING YOU CANNOT FORCE PARTIES TO MEDIATE. IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND IT IS VOL UNTARY, AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT CAN BE USED IN THE LAW WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET COMPROMISE WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE MINUTE AGO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE PIECE AND I HEARD, AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR -- I MET WITH CPC ABOUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS IN THE MEDIATION PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR IS ONE THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, MAINLY, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE PARTIES FACE EACH OTHER AND TALK, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING, AND SO THE QUESTION, THE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION I HAVE TO YOU IS THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM AND YOU CAN'T FORCE FOLKS, THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE THE MEDIATION TO HAPPEN, AND I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO I SERVED AS AN INTERN IN A MEDIATION PROGRAM IN A SMALL CLAIMS COURT TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THIS, IT IS MEDIATION, HOWEVER, AND IT COULD GET VERY HEATED AT TIMES AND IT AFFORDED THE PARTIES AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE MEDIATOR PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO TALK SOME OF THESE -- THESE THINGS OUT AND GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE EACH OTHER IN THAT WAY. SO I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT AND LIKE I SAID, I HEARD FROM CPC, IT IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITY. SO HOW CAN YOU ENCOURAGE, THESE FOLKS -- >> THE PROGRAM TO BE MORE ROBUST, IF YOU WILL. WHAT COULD YOU TO AS A DIRECTOR TO ENCOURAGE THIS TO BE UTILIZED AND BE MORE ROBUST. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. >> THE MEAD YALGZ PROGRAM HAD H, AND I'VE SERVED AS MEDIATOR, AS WELL AND I MEANT OUTSIDE OF THIS OFFICE, BUT FOR MEDIATION, ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HAD TO DO WITH MAKING SURE, ONE, THAT WE HAD A ROBUST GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MEDIATORS, AND SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE WOULD HAVE THAT, THAT WE DID HAVE KING COUNTY ARBITRATORS AND KING COUNTY PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND OTHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO WERE CERTIFIED MEDIATORS. WE DID THE TRAINING FOR THEM AND DID ALL OF THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE OTHER PART WAS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT MEDIATION COULD BE LIKE AND SO WE DID A VIDEO, AND THE VIDEO WAS FROM A REAL CASE, AND IT WAS INTERESTING. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY EACH TALKED ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS THE OFFICER OR IT WAS THE PERSON WHO CAME IN, IT CAME OUT SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEY ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED, I THINK, TO SOME EXTENT. YOU'RE HOPEFUL, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE MINOR MISCONDUCT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S REALLY TALKING IT OUT, THIS IS WHAT I WAS DOING, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I SAW. WELL, THIS IS WHAT I WAS THINKING AND IT'S SO POWERFUL, AND I CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRULY THE NEED FOR THAT, AND SO SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT YOU DID ASK ME FOR AND HAS BEEN AND THIS GOESGOES ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND SOMETIMES IT'S THE TIME FOR PEOPLE, RIGHT, TO GO AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD SOMEONE WHO SAID OH, I'D LIKE TO DO IT, BUT I NEED IT TO BE AN HOUR. >> WELL, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE IT WILL BE AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS AND WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE ARE PEOPLE WORKING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, AS WELL, JUST HOW WE MIGHT SHAPE THAT. THE TIMING, THINGS OF THOSE THINGS. THE OTHER THING HAD TO DO WITH TRUST, THE BIGGEST THING IS BUILDING TRUST. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE WHERE SOMETIMES OFFICERS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IN WANTING TO DO THAT AND SOMETIMES COMMUNITY AREN'T AND SOMETIMES I HAVE IT THE OTHER WAY, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S BUILDING TRUST ALONG THE WAY, AND AS I INDICATED IN MY RESPONSE IT'S ALSO THE VALUE IN PARTICIPATING, AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ON THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH IT THEY ACTUALLY DO REALLY FIND THE VALUE -- VALUE THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE REALLY THE ISSUE IS NOT NECESSARILY THIS OR THAT. THE ISSUE IS HOW I FELT. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. THIS IS HOW I FELT, AND SO FORTH. SO TO GROW THAT, ONE OF THE TOP MEDIATION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFERENTLY ORGANIZED AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE COULD AREN'T TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT AND THAT'S IN NEW ORLEANS. THEY HAVE ONE THAT'S VERY POPULAR. MY UNDERSTANDING AND I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE INs AND OUTs, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE REQUIRED FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATEPARTICIPATE FOR LEVEL OFFENSES, RIGHT? THEY SOMETIMES USE COMMUNITY MEDIATORS AND IT'S MAYBE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND NOT AS FORMAL DEPENDING SO THERE'S DIFFERENT MODELS, AND SO I'M VERY COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT MODELS AND SEEING BECAUSE THAT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK IT EFFECTUATES SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHANGE AND OPTICS IN BUILDING TRUST IN THE FUTURE. SO I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID AND THAT'S SOMETHING OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT LOOKING AT THOSE, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS GROW MORE. WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO IT IS IN PROGRESS. >> GREAT. GREAT TO HEAR. THANK YOU. I DO THINK LOOKING AT -- I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND THEIR MEDIATION PROGRAMS AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE BECAUSE, AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SMALL CLAIMS IS NOT THAT ARE -- THIS IS A LOT MORE -- THERE'S A LOT MORE AT STAKE HERE, AND I DON'T WANT TO -- IT'S NOT A COMPARISON BUT I DO KNOW THAT MEDIATION PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, AND I DO ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PARTIES BE ABLE TO AGREE TO MEDIATION WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE POINT THAT YOU MADE. YOU WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE THE PERSON AND TELL THEM HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS MADE YOU FEEL, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON YOU, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON YOUR FAMILY, COMMUNITY, ET CETERA AND I THINK FOR THOSE REASONS IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL, AND I THINK IF YOU GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU COULD HAVE, I THINK, BETTER OUTCOMES FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED AND SOMETIMES IF YOU DO THIS IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS THAN GOING THROUGH THE OTHER PROCESSES, I'LL SAY THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THOSE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND AND WAYS THAT YOU MIGHT AMEND OUR CURRENT MEDIATION PROGRAM AT THE CITY TO BE -- TO HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR MORE MEDIATION AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THOSE OTHER MODELS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? >> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL AND FOR YOU. FIRST OFF, DIRECTOR GLENN AND CHIEF OF STAFF MEYERBERG, AS WELL, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. ONE QUESTION PERTAINING THAT WOULD CALL UPON YOU TO KIND OF SELF- REFLECT UPON YOUR LAST TWO- PLUS YEARS IN THE OFFICE FOCUSING MORE HEAVILY ON YOUR EXPERIENCES IN THE LAST YEAR AS INTERIM DIRECTOR. FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THATTHAT HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TOTO YOUR VARIOUS CANDIDATE MATERIALS AND PACKET, YOUR Q AND A RESPONSES, ET CETERA, IT IS ON IT'S -- IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU ARE VERY WELL AND UNIQUELY QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE AND THIS POSITION. I THINK THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES WILL POSITION YOU FOR SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE ON A PERMANENT BASIS, AND -- AND YOU HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE OFOF DIRECTLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SPANNING FOUR DECADESDECADES THAT COUNTING AND LOOKING AT. I APPRECIATE YOUR -- THE VARIOUS RECOGNITION AND HONORS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED INCLUDING ONE FROM LOOKS LIKE CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD OR CCYJ, THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD AND THE WASHINGTON BAR ASSOCIATION AND CHARLES SMITH AND EXCELLENCE AND DIVERSITY AWARDS FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE DIVERSITY SET OF AWARDS INCLUDING THE PUGIT SOUND JOURNAL 40 UNDER 40 AND ALL THESE AWARDS HONORS RECOGNITION COMBINED WITH THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF THE REST OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, I THINK MAKE YOU VERY WELL -- EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE, BUT YOU'VE ALSO BEEN IN THIS ROLE NOW FOR -- AND GIVE THE HONORABLE JUDGE LEROY McCULLOUGH MY REGARDS. SADLY, I HAD A CONFLICT DURING THE MOST RECENT YOUTH IN LAW FORM, BUT WITH BETTER PLANNING, I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTES PATING NEXT NEXT YEAR. THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ON THAT ONE. YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN THIS ROLE FOR TWO YEARS, A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AS THE NUMBER TWO PERSON FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND ASAS -- AS THE INTERIM HEAD NOW FOR JUST UNDER A YEAR, AND ARGUABLY, IN ANY OFFICE, SHOP OR ORGANIZATION THE NUMBER TWO POSITION IS ARGUABLY THE MOST POWERFUL AND IMPORTANT, IMPACTFUL PERSON. THEY'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY, AM MREMENTING IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY AND ADVISING ON STRATEGY AND THERE'S A LOT OF EXECUTION FLEXIBILITY THAT ONE WOULD ORDINARILY HAVE IN THESE SORT OF NUMBER TWO ROLES. THE ONLY -- THE ONLY KEY DIFFERENCE IS YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE FACE OF THE THE ORGANIZATION. SO NOW THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO -- YOU'VE HAD OVER A YEAR, AGAIN, TO BE THAT SORT OF DEPUTY IN THAT DEPUTY ROLE ANY NOW ABOUT A YEAR IN, JUST UNDER A YEAR IN, WHAT HAS BEEN THE MOST EYE-OPENING EXPERIENCE THAT YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE IN YOUR ROLE AS INTERIM LEADER OFOF THIS ORGANIZATION? THE MOST EYE- OPENING EXPERIENCE, THE MOST HUMBLING EXPERIENCE, THE MOST -- JUST SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T ANTICIPATE, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT AND OVERCOME IT AND HOW DOES IT INFORM YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ONA FORWARD BASIS? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD SAY BECAUSE I WAS IN DEPUTY THEY RECOGNIZED THAT PART OF IT IS THE CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT. I THINK WE'RE ALL ROLLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. MAKING SURE HOW PEOPLE -- HOW WE AS AN ORGANIZATION SEE OURSELVES, OUR BEST SELF IN ORDER TORY OUT OUR MISSION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID WAS I HELD OUT FOR CHECK OFFOFF BOX. I WANTED TO SEE IF OPA WAS AT ITS BEST, WHAT WAS NEEDED IN WHICH TO DO THAT AND WE CAME UP WITH 24 ITEMS AND SOME OF THEM I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH BECAUSE OF THAT, BUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, LIKE, CHIEF OF STAFF MEYERBURG STATED, IT'S A TOUGH JOB, AND SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEEDED TO HAVE -- YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT YOU. NOT GOTCHA IF WE MISSED SOMETHING. RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A TEAM AND THERE'S THIS CORE RIGHT? THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED AND AN OPEN- DOOR POLICY AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT JUST A FEW -- I DID PUT THEM IN THE QUESTIONS SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE TOP 24. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE TRUST. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THINGS LIKE LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERING STAFF TRUSTING LEADERSHIP. TRANSPARENCY INCLUSIVITY AND DECISION MAKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY. FOR FUN AND HUMOR. IT WAS THINGS LIKE MAKING TIME FOR HUMAN CONNECTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S INCORPORATED IN WORK AND WHAT WE DO, ORGANIC CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, WORK/LIFE BALANCE, RIGHT? SO WE WERE GETTING AT THE NITTY GRITTY AND ALSO MAKING SURE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. SO THEY CAME AND THEY WERE OPEN, AND OF COURSE, I HAD SOMEONE ELSE LEAD THAT AND IT WENT VERY, VERY WELL. SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING PIECE OF IT. FROM THERE WE SET GOALS AND WE HAD THOSE IN WHICH TO WORK FOR. SO THAT'S NOT -- I KNEW IT WAS COMING, BUT IN ORDER TO HELP CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE FELT SAFE, TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THOSE AND WHERE WE GO, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SO CRITICAL FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO IMPROVE, RIGHT? BE ABLE TO SEE AND HAVE THE HONEST, COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND SO WE DO THOSE THINGS NOW. THE OTHER THING I WOULD OFTEN SAY, WE ALSO HAD THE LIST OF IF ONLY WE COULD DO THIS LIST. PUT IT UP ON THE WHITE BOARD, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS IF I HAD ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE WORLD OR WHATEVER, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WORK WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL? THERE WERE THOSE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS AND COMING UP WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE WHICH WE HAVE AROUND THE OFFICE IN ORDER TO REMIND OURSELVES OF WHO WE CHOSE TO BE TO CARRY OUT THE WORK. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIRST THINGS. AS FAR AS ANY AHA WITH REGARDS TO THAT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I GUESS I'VE SEEN A LOT DURING MY TIME IN DIFFERENT CAPACITY, RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO SAY I THINK, WHEN GETTING TO KNOW AND COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE I HAD FOUND THAT PEOPLE AT FIRST MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW, BUT SEEM TO BE VERY, VERY RECEPTIVE. SOMETIMES THERE ARE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE HADN'T BEEN THIS BOGGED IN TWO YEARS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? AND SO BEING ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND WE MAY AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT. THAT WAS NEW. I DID NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL I ACTUALLY WENT TO A NUMBER OF PLACES AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALSO GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CALL US WHETHER IT'S THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR CENTRO DE LA RAZA, AND HOW THEY CAN FIRST TRAINOUS WHAT THEY DO AND TELL US WHAT THIS IS AND BUILDING THAT TRUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, I WOULD SAY WITH OUR DATA, MAKING SURE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, MAKING SURE THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY'VE DONE ALREADY. IT SOUNDS WHATEVER, BUT YOU NEED YOUR DATA. WE HAVE DATA, BUT IT'S PUTTING IT IN A WAY WITH DASHBOARDS AND METRICS AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN REALTIME AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PIECES IN THE INVESTIGATION AND SO WE HAVE DEADLINES IN WHICH WE HAVE TO MEET, AND I KNOW THERE'S THE ABILITY TO DO THIS IN REALTIME AND SO WITH ALL OF THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AS WELL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN SUCH A MANNER AND LOOK FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR NOMINATION TODAY. THANK YOU, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. LOOKING TO SEE IF THE COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS -- THIS IS AN APPOINTMENT THROUGH THE END OF DIRECTOR BETTS' TERM. SO COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT DATE THAT IS? >> SURE. IT'S APPOINTMENT THAT WILL GO THROUGH DECEMBER 31st OF NEXT YEAR. >> OKAY. >> AND THEN PER THE ORDINANCE, THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED WAS THAT THE TERM OF THE OPA DIRECTOR WOULD BE OFFSET FOR MAYORAL ELECTIONS. SO WHATEVER ADMINISTRATION IS IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL MAKE A REAPPOINTMENT. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> OR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. >> I WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THIS TECHNICALITY, BUT IT DOESN'T REDUCE AT ALL MY ENTHUSIASM FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT, AND I JUST KEEP WANTING TO CALL YOU BONNIE INSTEAD OF INTERIM DIRECTOR ET CETERA. YOU MENTIONED BEING EXCITED ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR AWARD FROM THE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FOUR. THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS IN 2024 WHICH WAS THE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COMMUNITY AWARD, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THREE OTHERS, AND I WON'T READ THEM ALL, AND THAT'S FOUR FROM SEATTLE UNIVERSITY OUT OF A TOTAL OF 13 THAT ARE ON YOUR RESUME AND MY COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED SOME OF THEM BY NAME. I'M ADDRESSING THISTHIS BECAUSE NOTED IT, AND ALSO IT SPEAKS TO YOUR -- TO THE RANGE OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, AND THAT IS -- THAT'S VERY CLEAR BY YOUR RESUME WHICH IS FIVE PAGES LONG AND I SUGGEST TO ANYBODY WHO HAS AREN'T PAID A LOT OF ATTENTION TO READ IT. WHAT I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT THE HUMAN SIDE OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, IT'S HARD TO PUT IN WRITING, BUT IT DOES COME THROUGH. ANY TIME I'VE ENCOUNTERED YOU AND SEEN YOU, AND BY THE WAY, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE IN COMMUNITY AND I SEE THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ELSEWHERE OUT AND ABOUT. SO I DO WANT TO THE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. YOU DO ENGENDER A SENSE OF TRUST AND YOUR YOU'RE A WARM AND OPEN PERSONALITY AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS JOB, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH HUMAN SERVICE CRED AS WELL IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE COURSE OF FULFILLING YOUR DUTIES, YOU KNOW, AT THE STATE AND IN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. YOU HAVE SEEN THE ROOT CAUSES OF THINGS THAT END UP IN BEHAVIOR THAT OUR POLICE FORCE IS DEALING WITH, AND YOU HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW, A KNACK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE FORCES THAT SHAPE THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS AND NOT JUST IN YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OFFICERS AND IN YOUR INVESTIGATIONS AND ALSO THE REAL WORLD, LET'S JUST SAY. I JUST FINALLY WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE ONLY JUST RECENTLY EXITING FROM THE CONSENT DECREE AND THE FACT THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT BEFORE TIMES. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SHEPHERDING THE CITY IN THE AFTER TIMES IS REALLY IMPORTANT. CONTINUITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THIS WAS A NATIONAL SEARCH, RIGHT? AND WE'RE ENDING UP, YOU KNOW, LIKELY CONFIRMING ONE OF OUR OWN, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING NOT BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUITY, BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE AND THE FACT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES THAT WE WERE WREFRLING WITH BEFORE BEING LET OUT OF THE CONSENT DECREE IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. SO YOU ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK GOING FORWARD. YOU KNOW WHAT ROBARD SAID AND WANTED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WILLING TO STEP UP AND STAY WITH US. SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. >> ARE THERE -- GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THERE WAS ONE MORE QUESTION I HAD AND THEN WANTED TO ADD TO SOME OF YOUR WORK IN PARTICULAR BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR QUESTIONS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND OIG AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND NOT LIMITED TO QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND ONGOING MEETINGS AS YOU DO THE WORK, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT FEELS MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIC AS THE WORK IS MOVING FORWARD. YOU'RE HAVING THESE TOUCH POINTS. THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT SHOULDN'T BE LIMITED TO A FOUR TIMES A YEAR TOUCH POINT, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT WORK IS HAPPENING AND ONGOING IN THAT WAY, AND I -- I, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE ALL AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STAY CONNECTED WITH THE OTHER ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS AND KEEP US APPRISED ON HOW ALL OF THAT IS GOING SO THAT WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALSO PARTNERS AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND I, TOO, WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BRING SO MUCH TO THE TABLE BY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES LEADING UP TO THIS EXPERIENCE AND ALSO YOU'VE BEEN IN THE OFFICE FOR A LITTLE BIT NOW SINCE 2023 SO YOU'RE NOT NEW TO THE OFFICE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAD A DEPUTY ROLE AND AN INTERIM ROLE AND YOU'RE DOING THE WORK AND YOU DO HAVE BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE FROM WHICH TO PULL FROM, AND AS YOUR PRIOR EXPERIENCES AS A JUDGE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE OFFERING AND BRING SO MUCH TO THE TABLE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I FEEL THAT YOU ARE APPROACHABLE. I DO SEE YOU IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND YOU ARE VERY HANDS ON AND WE NEED THAT IN THIS ROLE AND ALL OF OUR DIRECTOR ROLES ACROSS THE CITY, I WOULD SAY, BUT YOU DEFINITELY ARE SHOWING THAT, SHOWING YOUR COMMITMENT AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, AND I, FOR ONE, DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE. IT IS NOT AN EASY ROLE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS LIKE YOURSELF WHO NOT JUST HAVE THE BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE ON PAPER, BUT WHO ARE LIVING IT EVERY DAY AND ARE APPROACHABLE AND COMMITTED TO WORKING TOGETHER AND DOING WHATWHAT NECESSARY TO HAVE THIS WORK BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, BUT I'LL JUST ADD ONE. THE CONTRACT THAT WE RECENTLY APPROVED DOES CHANGE YOUR DUTIES A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, THERE WILL NOW BE MORE ABILITY FOR CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS TO PARTICIPATEPARTICIPATE -- IN INVESTIGATIONS AND ALSO WITH SOME OF THE CIVILIANIZING OF SOME OF THE WORK WITHIN SPD. THAT WORK FLOW HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT AND SO THAT WILL ALSO -- THAT TOUCHES UPON YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO WE ARE IN A DYNAMIC TIME RIGHT NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN ADDITION TO EXITING THE CONSENT DECREE AND WE HAVE A NEW CONTRACT THAT DOES CHANGE THE GAME A BIT. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT, COUNCILMEMBER? >> NO PRESSURE. >> NOTHING TO ADD. I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, BUT AGAIN, COLLEAGUE, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT 03328, THE APPOINTMENT OF BONNIE J. GLENN AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH DECEMBER 31st, 2026. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. >> YES. >> COUNCILMEMBERCOUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON. >> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON? >> AYE. >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. THE CONFIRMATION IS CONFIRMED. CONGRATULATION, GLENN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE FINAL COMMENTS. >> I PLAN TO COME BACK TO THE COUNTSIL AND SHARE UPDATES AS WE DO. I AM DELIGHTED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AS THE DIRECTOR, AND AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING SOME OF OUR WORK AND GROWING THE MEDIATION PROGRAM AMONG SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS. SO THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO YOU CAN BE EXCUSED. THANK YOU, VERY, VERY MUCH. ALSO THIS WAS A GREAT CHOICE. THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THERE IS NOT A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION TODAY. SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL? >> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS? >> REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED ON NOVEMBER 25th. >> OKAY. >> WHICH IS THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. >> THERE IS A REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED ON SEPTEMBER 25th. WE HAVE NOT -- PARDON ME? NOVEMBER 25th, EXCUSE ME, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE WE HAVE YET SENT OUT ANY FIRM CANS LAGSZ CELLATION OF THAT COMMITTEE. UNTIL WE DO THAT, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS BEING EXCUSED FROM THAT DATE? SEEING NONE. YOU ARE EXCUSED, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONGRATULATION÷÷ MR. MALONE AND THE DOWNTOWN FOR THE OPENING OF STEPHEN'S BAY. BEFORE THE MEETING TODAY I WENT DOWN AND TOURED IT, A NEW FACILITY IN INNER BAY AND A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION, BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN TERMS OF WHAT IT BRINGS, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DESC, MR. MALONE AND HIS TEAM TO INCLUDE DAN, THE OTHER DAN WHO GAVE ME A TOUR AND IMPORTANTLY, TOO, THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AND SPEAK WITH, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE HOUSING PIECE, BUT HAVING THE CASE MANAGERS THERE IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THEM, AND ALSO, I SHOULD NOTE THAT STEPHEN'S PLACE IS NAMED AFTER FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS STEPHEN BULLOCK WHO PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO HONOR MR. BULLOCK AND HIS SERVICE TO DSC TO DESC AND ALSO THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND I WANTED TO TAKE TIME TO NOTE THAT. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL MONDAY BRIEFINGS BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS RECOGNIZE THIS, BUT DEFINITELY WANTED TO SEND LOVE AND PRAYERS TO THE WILKENS FAMILY. WE LOST A BIG GIANT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH COACH WILKINS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, A GREAT BASKETBALL PLAYER, BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHEN YOU SAW THE WAY HE DEALT WITH KIDS EVERY DAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE AND WAS ABLE TO REALLY, REALLY GIVE BACK HIS LIFE, THAT, TO ME, IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE'S LEGACY, THAT DIDN'T MATTER TO HIM. IT MATTERED ABOUT THE IMPACT HE WAS MAKING AND HE JUST MADE A GREAT IMPACT TO SEATTLE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND HE WAS MR. BASKETBALL, MR. COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVED HIM UP HERE, AND I KNOW JUST -- WANTED TO SEND SOME LOVE AND LIGHT. HE HAD A GREAT LIFE. 88 YEARS OLD. GREAT LIFE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE THAT ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS RAISED, NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESS, IT IS 3:24. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.