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Virginia Galle Subject Files, 1970-1989
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Galle, Virginia
- Title
- Virginia Galle Subject Files
- Dates
- 1970-1989 (inclusive)19701989
1983-1989 (bulk)19831939 - Quantity
- 4 cubic feet, (10 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4630-02
- Summary
- Virginia Galle served on the Seattle City Council between 1981 and 1989. This collection contains her subject files on topics such as solid waste, smoking policies, and domestic partnerships.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Virginia Galle served two terms on City Council between 1981 and 1989. The daughter of career Salvation Army officers, she was a librarian and high school English teacher in the Midwest before moving to Seattle. Influenced by the women’s movement, in 1965 Galle went back to school to earn a master’s degree at the University of Washington’s Graduate School of Public Affairs, writing her thesis on King County’s home-rule charter. She began working in the City of Seattle’s new Citizens Service Bureau, an agency which served as a resource for information and a clearinghouse for complaints about the city. Galle worked her way up through the ranks to become the head of the agency.
In 1973, she became the first woman department head in Seattle city government when she was appointed director of the Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs. She eventually was fired from that position by Mayor Wes Uhlman after her aggressive pursuit of companies she perceived to be swindling the public. She served as executive director of the Girl Scouts Totem Council from 1977 until she resigned in 1981 to run for a City Council seat vacated by Randy Revelle.
While on the Council, Galle chaired the City Operations and Utilities (1982-1983), Environmental Management (1984-1987), and Finance and Personnel (1988-1989) committees. In 1987, she testified before a U.S. Congressional subcommittee on municipal solid waste issues. She lost her seat to Tom Weeks in the 1989 election. After leaving the Council, Galle worked as a consultant and remained active in community affairs.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, surveys, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to Galle’s work on various City Council committees. Materials have been organized into topical categories relating to issues of concern to the City Council.
A large portion of the materials reflects Galle’s extensive work on solid waste issues. One major initiative documented in the files is a proposal to demolish the West Point secondary treatment plant and build a new plant in Interbay. The files contain a large number of citizen comments about this plan. Another key topic is solid waste management, including issues surrounding a proposal to build a mass burn incinerator.
Another set of materials focuses on the development of smoking policies for City employees. Files chronicle the development of the policy, from recruitment of smoking and non-smoking employees to serve on the Citywide Smoking Policy Development Committee through employee input and legal challenges.
Domestic partnership was another issue Galle worked on. Files relate to two Council Bills addressing domestic partner benefits and use of sick leave and funeral leave for domestic partners. Materials include correspondence, news clippings, constituent letters, and background information.
Other topics covered in this collection include the redevelopment of Seattle Center, including files relating to a proposal from Disney to take over the site; management compensation; the admissions tax; the City Light customer information system; and the Seattle/Kent Good Neighbor Program.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Virginia Galle Subject Files, Record Series 4630-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection has been organized into eight topical categories:
- Civil Rights & Education
- Energy
- Finance
- Land Use & Urban Development
- Parks, Recreation & Culture
- Personnel
- Public Safety & Health
- Utilities, Water, & Waste Management
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Virginia Galle Subject Files, 1970-1989Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 |
1989 |
| 1/2 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 - Background Material |
1987-1989 |
| 1/3 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 - Correspondence |
1989 |
| 1/4 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 - Hearing Testimony |
1989 |
| 1/5 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 - Legal Correspondence |
1989 |
| 1/6 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107337 - News Items |
1989 |
| 1/7 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 |
1989 |
| 1/8 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Background |
1986-1989 |
| 1/9 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Correspondence |
1988-1989 |
| 1/10 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Initiative 35 |
1989 |
| 1/11 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Letters |
1989 |
| 1/12 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Letters |
1989 |
| 1/13 | Civil Rights & Education:
Domestic Partners - CB 107342 - Public Hearing |
1989 |
| 1/14 | Energy: Seattle City Light -
City Light Customer Information System Reports |
1989 |
| 1/15 | Finance: Admissions
Tax |
1988-1989 |
| 2/1 | Finance: Budgets - Major
Funding Priorities - Correspondence |
1988 |
| 2/2 | Finance: Budgets - Major
Funding Priorities - Materials |
1988-1989 |
| 2/3 | Finance: City Pension Fund -
South African Investments |
1988-1989 |
| 2/4 | Land Use & Urban
Development: Seattle / Kent Good Neighbor Program |
1986-1989 |
| 2/5 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Disney News Clippings |
1986-1987 |
| 2/6 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Disney Proposal |
1987 |
| 2/7 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Disney Proposal |
1987 |
| 2/8 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Disney Proposal and Legislation |
1986-1987 |
| 2/9 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Disney Resumes |
1987 |
| 2/10 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Seattle Center Alternatives Commission |
1986 |
| 2/11 | Parks, Recreation &
Culture: Seattle Center - Seattle Center Plan |
1984-1987 |
| 3/1 | Personnel: Charitable
Campaign |
1988 |
| 3/2 | Personnel: Charitable
Campaign |
1988 |
| 3/3 | Personnel: Charitable
Campaign |
1989 |
| 3/4 | Personnel: Management
Compensation |
1988-1989 |
| 3/5 | Personnel: Management
Compensation Study |
1989 |
| 3/6 | Public Safety & Health:
City Smoking Policy |
1983-1989 |
| 3/7 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Applicants for Smoking Policy Development
Committee |
1985 |
| 3/8 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Cessation Programs, Survey of Program Formats |
1985 |
| 3/9 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Committee Report and Recommendations, Drafts |
1985 |
| 3/10 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Committee Report and Recommendations, Drafts |
1985 |
| 4/1 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Committee Report and Recommendations, Final |
1985 |
| 4/2 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Committee Report and Recommendations, Minority
Report. |
1985 |
| 4/3 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Compliance and Enforcement |
1984-1985 |
| 4/4 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Departmental Approaches to Compliance |
1985 |
| 4/5 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Employee Input |
1984-1985 |
| 4/6 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Employee Survey |
1985 |
| 4/7 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Health Effects |
1984-1985 |
| 4/8 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Medical Data |
1984 |
| 4/9 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Newspaper Clippings |
1983-1985 |
| 4/10 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Policy Drafts |
1984 |
| 4/11 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Reference Materials |
1983-1985 |
| 4/12 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Reference Materials |
1985 |
| 4/13 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking in the Workplace Data |
1984 |
| 4/14 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking in the Workplace Policies |
1984-1985 |
| 5/1 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking Policies, Other Jurisdictions |
1983-1985 |
| 5/2 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking Policies, Other Jurisdictions |
1983-1985 |
| 5/3 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking Policy Development Committee Meetings |
1984-1985 |
| 5/4 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Smoking Policy Development Committee Meetings |
1984-1985 |
| 5/5 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Tobacco Institute Propaganda |
1983-1985 |
| 5/6 | Public Safety & Health:
No Smoking Ordinance: Washington State Smoking Law |
1984-1985 |
| 5/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage - Budget |
1985-1986 |
| 5/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage - Citizen's Advisory Committee |
1987 |
| 5/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage - Delridge |
1986 |
| 5/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage - Information |
1976-1987 |
| 5/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage - Spot Improvements |
1987 |
| 5/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Drainage Problems - Correspondence |
1986 |
| 5/13 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Grading and Drainage Code |
1986-1987 |
| 5/14 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling |
1988-1989 |
| 6/1 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling |
1988-1989 |
| 6/2 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling - Recycling Pilot Program |
1985-1987 |
| 6/3 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling - Recycling Pilot Program |
1985-1987 |
| 6/4 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling - Recycling Pilot Program |
1985-1987 |
| 6/5 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Recycling - Recycling Reports |
1988 |
| 6/6 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Seattle Engineering Department - Drainage and Wastewater
Utility |
1988-1989 |
| 6/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1985-1986 |
| 6/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 6/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 6/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 6/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 6/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 6/13 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 7/1 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Citizen Comments |
1986 |
| 7/2 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - City / County Meetings
Materials |
1985-1986 |
| 7/3 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - City / County Meetings
Materials |
1985-1986 |
| 7/4 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - City / Metro
Correspondence |
1985-1986 |
| 7/5 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Memorandum of Agreement |
1986 |
| 7/6 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Secondary Treatment - Public Hearings |
1986 |
| 7/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Sewage - Sewer Drainage Capital Improvement Project,
1988 |
1987-1988 |
| 7/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Charities and Garbage Rates |
1987-1988 |
| 7/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Disposal Alternatives |
1986 |
| 7/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Distant Landfills |
1989 |
| 7/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Letters and
Information |
1987 |
| 7/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Letters and
Information |
1987 |
| 7/13 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Letters and
Information |
1987 |
| 7/14 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Letters and
Information |
1987 |
| 7/15 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Letters and
Information |
1987 |
| 7/16 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Public Hearing |
1987 |
| 7/17 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery - Responses |
1987 |
| 7/18 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development City
Light Substation Annexation |
1970-1986 |
| 8/1 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/2 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/3 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/4 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/5 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/6 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development
Information |
1986-1987 |
| 8/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development Public
Relations Efforts |
1987 |
| 8/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development Scope
and Schedule |
1987 |
| 8/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Energy/Resource Recovery Project Development Scope
and Schedule |
1987 |
| 8/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Identification and Screening of Potential Energy
Markets |
1983 |
| 8/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Implementing Legislation |
1987 |
| 8/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - King County Solid Waste Interlocal Forum |
1988 |
| 8/13 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Privatization |
1987-1988 |
| 9/1 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan, Citizen
Correspondence |
1986 |
| 9/2 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan, Council Meeting
Materials |
1986 |
| 9/3 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan, Inter - Agency
Correspondence |
1986 |
| 9/4 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan, News
Articles |
1986 |
| 9/5 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Comprehensive Plan, Proposals |
1986 |
| 9/6 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Solid Waste Information |
1984 |
| 9/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Tulalip / Puget Sound Regional Resource Recovery
System Proposal |
1987 |
| 9/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Tulalip / Puget Sound Regional Resource Recovery
System Proposal |
1987 |
| 9/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Tulalip / Puget Sound Regional Resource Recovery
System Proposal |
1987 |
| 9/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Tulalip / Puget Sound Regional Resource Recovery
System Proposal |
1987 |
| 9/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Environmental Impact Statement
Materials |
1985 |
| 9/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Hazardous Waste |
1984 |
| 10/1 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Interagency Letters |
1984-1986 |
| 10/2 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Interagency Letters |
1984-1986 |
| 10/3 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Interagency Letters |
1984-1986 |
| 10/4 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - News Articles |
1984-1985 |
| 10/5 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Pro/Con Letters |
1984-1986 |
| 10/6 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Pro/Con Letters |
1984-1986 |
| 10/7 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Public Announcements |
1984 |
| 10/8 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Public Hearing /
Meetings |
1984-1985 |
| 10/9 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Management - Reading Materials |
1984-1985 |
| 10/10 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Reduction and Disposal Options |
1987-1989 |
| 10/11 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Reduction and Disposal Options |
1987-1989 |
| 10/12 | Utilities, Water, & Waste
Management: Solid Waste - Waste Reduction and Disposal Options |
1987-1989 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Domestic partner benefits--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Integrated solid waste management--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Refuse and refuse disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Sewage disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Smoking law and legislation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Names
- Galle, Virginia
Corporate Names
- Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--City Council (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Julie
Kerssen
2006
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