Remarks by Joy Hollingsworth
336 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 14
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“Thank you, Council Member. I coached there for three years. Thank you, Council Member Kettle. Council Member Rankin.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Rank. I don't see any further comments. Once again, thank you all. Thank you, Imani and Matt, for being here and for running the program that you all do with the YMCA. We're very, very grateful. And then for you all participating in the program as well. So just really grateful for you all to be here. This will be on our, this will be voted on next Tuesday, I believe. No, this Tuesday, excuse me. This coming Tuesday, we're voting on it. My apologies. Tomorrow. So tomorrow we are voting on your appointments. Yes, this coming Tuesday. Thank you so much. Thank…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, no shade. Yeah, okay. Council Member Strauss, we are just jumping into our budget. Thank you. It's all yours. I'd like to hand it off to you, our fearless budget chair.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you Council Member Strauss. And I will say, you have always been professional, you have always had information ready, you have always been collaborative, so just really appreciate your hard work during this process. So Lish, without further ado, the Council budget process after Lish is finished, I'll point it back to Council Member Strauss and then we'll take questions.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. I will redirect to Council Member Strauss and then we'll open up questions to other colleagues. Council Member Strauss.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Strauss. Our colleagues, are there any questions regarding, oh, Council Member Foster.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you Councilmember Rivera. Colleagues, are there any more questions regarding the budget process for the chair or central staff? Awesome. Okay. Well, looking forward to Council Member Strauss.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Strauss. Council Member Rivera, is that an old hand or it is? Old hand, sorry. Okay, no worries. No, no, no, you're good. You're good. I know you're good at the follow-up. Okay. All right, perfect. Thank you, Lish. Thank you, Council Member Strauss for that overview. Thank you, colleagues, for your questions. We're gonna keep plugging along here. Today, we have four proclamations for discussion and signature. I will ask each council member to introduce the proclamation and so we can seek final feedback before our request of roll call. So council members can affix…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Foster. Are there any comments regarding Clean Air Day for Blue Skies before I call the roll? All right, awesome. We will, can we, oh, I'm sorry, my bad. Council Member Lin.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Lynn. Council Member Sacco.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Saka. Any additional comments? All right. Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll to determine which council members would like their signature to fix the proclamation?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you. We will now move on to our second proclamation. Council Member Rank declares September 25th to be Dolly Parton Day. Council Member Rank.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Rink. Are there any other colleagues that have any questions regarding the Dolly Parton proclamation? I love it. Thank you, Council Member Rink, for your leadership on this. Looking forward to signing on. Probably the coolest thing that I read, obviously her philanthropy, but she employed thousands of people, you know, in Dolly Parton land and all the good amusement parks. So that was like really, really impressive. The”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right. Will the clerk please call the roll on who would like their signatures affixed to the Dolly Parton Day proclamation?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you. We're now going to go to our third proclamation. Council Member Rivera is declaring September 10th through September 19th as Welcoming Week in Seattle. Council Member Rivera.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Rivera, for your leadership on this. Very happy to sign. Are there any other comments regarding the proclamation before us as welcoming week, September 10th through September 19th? Seeing none, will the clerk please call the roll? Who would like their signatures affixed to the proclamation?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you so much. Sounds like a plan. Colleagues, we're moving through it, and we also have an executive session, so now we are going to move into our final item on the agenda, which will be our discussion of city council actions and council and regional committees. In order of discussion, we'll start with members sitting on my right, and we'll just move down. Colleagues, we do have an executive session today. And so just asking that we are, you all can do what you want to do. You're all, you're elected, but just saying it would be nice if we heard what was just in your committee.…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'm proud of you, Council Member Kettle. Thank you for that. Two minutes? Oh, we got a timer down here? Council Member Rink.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Rank. That was amazing. Council Member Lynn.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Good job, Council Member Lynn. We'll pop up to Council Member Saka, and then we'll come back down to Council Member Saka.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Juarez. Council Member Strauss.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Strauss. Council Member Rivera, and then we'll go to Council Member Foster.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome. Thank you, Council Member Rivera. We'll go to Council Member Foster.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you, Council Member Foster. I will end with my committee, Governance and Utilities. This will meet Thursday, September 10th at 2 p.m. So this Thursday, we have four items on the agenda. Council Bill 121292, authorizing Seattle Public Utilities to acquire three parcels of land on Aurora. Also the appointment of Shannon Smith as our Chief Technology Officer of the Information Technology Department. This is first of two committee meetings for briefing and discussion and then the appointment of D as the city auditor for briefing and discussion, which council members are going to…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026