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Secure Scheduling Update, Appointment of New SPU Director, SDOT report on Parking Benefit Districts, Beach Drive SW Speed Bumps, North Precinct

September 16th, 2016

Secure Scheduling Update As you may recall, the deliberations about this policy started last March. Professor Susan Lambert of the University of Chicago presented on problematic scheduling practices, including an increase in the use of part-time employees, just-in-time scheduling (real time schedule adjustments), and an increase in pressure to “stay within hours” due to tight labor […]

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Posted: September 16th, 2016 under Councilmember Herbold, District 1, Libraries, Office of Police Accountability, Parks and Recreation, Police Department, Seattle Public Utliities, Transportation, Utilities.
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NCIS Update, Busking in Sound Transit Stations, Be There Rally Wednesday Morning

September 6th, 2016

NCIS Update Over the weekend Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and Seattle City Light (SCL) worked overtime to roll out the New Customer Information System (NCIS). I have written previously about this program which has been plagued by delays and cost overruns. I also held a joint special committee with Councilmember Sawant, who chairs the Energy […]

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Posted: September 6th, 2016 under Capital Projects, Councilmember Herbold, Education, Music, Seattle Public Utliities, Sound Transit, Transportation, Utilities.
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Perennial Issues of Housing Discrimination Ripe for Reform, Sound Transit Survey, Fauntleroy Expressway Project Begins May 16, ARTS at King Street Station Outreach, NCIS Joint Committee Report

May 12th, 2016

Perennial Issues of Housing Discrimination and Fair Housing are Ripe for Reform Race and socio-economic factors must not be used to prevent people from securing safe, healthy affordable housing. Yet, that is exactly what is happening. On Monday, May 2, 2016, the Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR) filed 23 director’s charges of illegal discrimination […]

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Posted: May 12th, 2016 under Arts, Civil Rights, Councilmember Herbold, Housing, Housing Discrimination, Libraries, Public Health, Seattle Public Utliities, Sound Transit, Transportation, Utilities, West Seattle Bridge.
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Utility Billing System Delays, Neighborhood Street Fund Deadline, and Preservation: the Missing Piece of our Housing Strategy

April 8th, 2016

Delays for the New Utility Billing System The New Customer Information System (NCIS) is a joint Seattle City Light (SCL) and Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) project to replace the Consolidated Customer Service System (CCSS) – the existing SCL and SPU billing system. The CCSS supports billing and customer processes for both utilities, but fails to […]

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Posted: April 8th, 2016 under Councilmember Herbold, District 1, Housing, Office of Police Accountability, Parks and Recreation, Seattle Public Utliities, Transportation, Utilities.
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