Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
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Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: 206/233-7807
Email: archives@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
4630-02
Galle,
Virginia
Virginia Galle Subject Files
1970-1989
1983-1989
4 cubic feet
10 boxes
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.
Collection materials are in
English
Biographical Note
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.
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.
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
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Virginia Galle Subject Files, Record Series 4630-02.
Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Publications were pulled from the collection and are cataloged
separately in the Published Documents Index.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Galle,
Virginia
Seattle
(Wash.)--City Council
Seattle
Center (Seattle, Wash.)
Seattle
(Wash.)
Refuse and refuse
disposal--Washington (State)--Seattle
Integrated solid waste
management--Washington (State)--Seattle
Sewage disposal--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Smoking law and
legislation--Washington (State)--Seattle
Domestic partner
benefits--Washington (State)--Seattle
City
Planning
Public Utilities
Civil
Rights
Gays
and Lesbians
Women
Seattle
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Virginia Galle Subject
Files
1970-1989
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