Seattle to pay $3,500 to settle one of two lawsuits contending City Council broke state’s open-meetings law before head-tax repeal

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $3,500 and will advise City Council members against using private tally sheets to count votes ahead of public meetings under a settlement in one of two lawsuits that allege the council broke Washington’s Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) in the lead-up to its abrupt repeal of the head […]