Editing SeaTac, Washington (section)

==Government and infrastructure==

===Local government===
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! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|28.17% ''3,229''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''69.12%''' ''7,924''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.71% ''311''
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|27.38% ''2,459''
| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.35%''' ''5,779''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.27% ''743''
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SeaTac is governed by a city council which consists of seven elected councilpersons. The city "has contracted with the [[King County Sheriff's Office]] for law enforcement since incorporation in 1990."<ref>{{cite web|title=King County Sheriff |url=http://www.kingcounty.gov/safety/sheriff/our-communities/SeaTac.aspx |publisher=King County |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> Deputies assigned to SeaTac wear city uniforms and drive patrol cars marked with the city logo. There are currently 51 patrol officers, detectives, and support staff assigned full-time to the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Department |url=http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/index.aspx?page=275 |publisher=City of SeaTac |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

In January 2014 the SeaTac Fire Department entered a 20-year contract with Kent Fire Department Regional Fire Authority (RFA) to form the [[Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SeaTac Fire joins Kent Fire RFA |url=http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/index.aspx?page=682 |publisher=City of SeaTac |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History |url=http://kentfirerfa.org/index.aspx?nid=93 |publisher=Kent, WA Fire Department Regional Fire Authority |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> SeaTac's three fire stations, Station 45, 46, and 47, joined Kent's Station 73 to make up RFA's West Battalion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stations & Facilities |url=http://www.kentfirerfa.org/index.aspx?nid=184 |publisher=Kent, WA Fire Department Regional Fire Authority |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

The Seatac Municipal Court, located in the City Hall, is a court of limited [[jurisdiction]]. The judge is authorized by the [[Revised Code of Washington]] to preside over civil infractions, traffic infractions, criminal [[misdemeanor]] and gross misdemeanor violations, and civil orders for protection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/index.aspx?page=130 |title=Municipal Court |publisher=City of SeaTac |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

Public Works is responsible for planning, design, construction and maintenance of streets, transportation improvements, surface water utility, and solid waste and recycling programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.seatac.wa.us/index.aspx?page=180 |title=Public Works |publisher=City of SeaTac |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

In 2013, voters in the city narrowly passed a minimum wage of $15 per hour for employees of airport-related businesses, such as hotels, parking lots and car rental agencies. In a later appeals court decision, the $15 minimum wage was reversed for employees working entirely on Port of Seattle property within the city limits but still applies to employees of airport-related businesses in the city proper.<ref name=KellyGavinSmallt/> Union workshops are exempt from the $15 minimum wage.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-no-calamity-yet-as-seatac-wash-adjusts-to-15-minimum-wage/2014/09/05/d12ba922-3503-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html Raising the minimum wage without raising havoc], Washington Post, September 5, 2014</ref> However, the Washington Supreme Court in August 2015 reversed the King County Superior Court ruling, which said that SeaTac did not have authority to set a minimum wage at the airport. The Supreme Court rejected the argument that the wage did not apply because the airport is owned by the Port of Seattle. The Court stated that Proposition 1 can be enforced at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport because there is no indication that it will interfere with airport operations and that federal labor law does not preempt the provision protecting workers from retaliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/08/20/state-supreme-court-rules-sea-tacs-15-an-hour-minimum-wage-applies-to-airport-workers/|title=State Supreme Court rules: Sea-Tac's $15-an-hour minimum wage applies to airport workers|date=August 20, 2015|website=seattlepi.com}}</ref>

===Federal government presence===
[[File:SeaTac Federal Detention Center (23324410024).jpg|thumb|[[Federal Detention Center, SeaTac]]]]
The Riverton Heights Post Office is located in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1379487&locationName=RIVERTON+HEIGHTS&address2=&address1=15250+32ND+AVE+S&city=SEATAC&state=WA&zip5=98188&zip4=9998&tollFree=800-ASK-USPS%26reg%3B%26nbsp%3B%28800-275-8777%29&latitude=47.4661698860005&longitude=-122.29175888299972 |title=Post Office Location – Riverton Heights |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] operates the Seattle Aviation Field Office in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/abt_ntsb/regions/aviation.htm |title=Regional Offices: Aviation |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |access-date=May 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115084639/https://www.ntsb.gov/Abt_NTSB/regions/AVIATION.HTM |archive-date=January 15, 2010}}</ref>

The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] operates the [[Federal Detention Center, SeaTac]] in SeaTac.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/set/ |title=FDC SeaTac Contact Information |publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>