Seattle City Council to review ‘catastrophic impacts’ of food delivery fee ordinance

“The regulatory response fee in Seattle helps offset the costs associated with this law. If those costs can be decreased, we will explore all options,” said Doordash

SEATTLE — To try to motivate apps like Doordash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub to reduce or remove their recently added $5 local operating fee, the Seattle City Council is considering changing an ordinance that KING 5 has extensively reported on.

After Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance for gig workers went into effect in mid-January, the food delivery apps started charging customers the new fee to “offset” their added costs under the ordinance.

Council President Sara Nelson said their

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