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• City’s Special Events Office, along with the Special Events Committee,
administers the permits.
• SPD staffs many permitted events. Athletic, Commercial, and some Citywide
events pay for police services.
$1,659,362
$1,318,999
72
64
$796,507 53
$536,303 37 $476,094
$428,553
6 4
133
52
30 34
20 $326,392 $324,965 $427,411
3 $136,911 $115,533 $124,109
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Sports Events MOU Festivals Events
Wages Count of Activity IDs
Source: Office of City Auditor analysis of SPD payroll data.
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Audit Results
Nineteen recommendations in three areas:
1. Cost Recovery of SPD Expenses
2. Event Planning and Staffing
3. Event Administration Functions
Reimbursable Events:
• Usually full recovery of wages
• About 79% of full direct costs (for a sample of events)
• Exception: Average recovery of 30% of wages for the 3 large Seattle Center festivals
(Folklife, Bite of Seattle, and Bumbershoot)
Reasons Include:
• Work start and end time
• Event-related emphasis
• Hours billed are based on estimates
We will follow up with SPD, SEO, and City Council annually about our 19
recommendations and report on their implementation status to the City Council.
The first follow up report on these recommendations will be issued soon.
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