CB 121277: An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of August 3, 2026, through August 7, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Description

An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of August 3, 2026, through August 7, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.

Summary

Seattle Ordinance 127498 authorizes payment of the City’s claims for August 3–7, 2026. It approves $43,495,045.77 in mechanical warrants, $89,562.62 in electronic payables, and $92,952,470.70 in electronic financial transactions, subject to available appropriations in the amended current budget. The ordinance applies to City departments, vendors, employees, and other claimants receiving these payments. It also reiterates that Seattle cannot legally spend beyond budgeted authority under state law and ratifies related actions taken before the ordinance became effective. The City Council passed it August 18, 2026; Mayor Katie B. Wilson approved it August 21, 2026.