At the 2:00 p.m. March 10, 2014, Seattle City Council meeting of the full council, public testimony is received, councilmembers Sally Bagshaw, Bruce Harrell, Sally Clark, Tom Rasmussen, Tim Burgess, Jean Godden, Mike O'Brien, and Kshama Savant (from left to right in video) discuss Council Bill 118043, and council members vote, seven in favor, one (Sawant) opposed, to pass the bill.  A complete video archive of the meeting is available at seattlechannel.org.
<p>Council Bill 118043 would both authorize acceptance of a financial grant from U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Urban Area Security Initiative, including about $1.2 million for Seattle Police Department.  Intended uses of the money include purchase of facial recognition software for police use.  The bill would also ratify and confirm any act made pursuant to the authority of this ordinance taken prior to the effective date of this ordinance.
</p><p>Some points of particular interest in this recording:
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<ul><li>6m42s - Public comment: Scott Shock</li>
<li>8m41s - Public comment: Lee Colleton</li>
<li>14m27s - Public comment: Christopher Sheats</li>
<li>17m11s - Public comment: David Robinson</li>
<li>19m19s - Public comment: Phil Mocek</li>
<li>23m19s - Introduction of item #1: Council Bill 118043</li>
<li>24m06s - Councilmember Harrell</li>
<li>29m47s - Councilmember Bagshaw</li>
<li>31m15s - Councilmember Sawant</li>
<li>34m28s - Councilmember Harrell</li>
<li>36m40s - Councilmember Clark</li>
<li>40m55s - Councilmember O'Brien</li>
<li>42m12s - Councilmember Burgess</li>
<li>42m23s - Rollcall vote</li></ul>
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