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File #: 2025-0372    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 12/9/2025 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 12/9/2025
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16929
Title: A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.
Sponsors: Sarah Perry
Indexes: Council, King County

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A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040, and Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050.

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                     WHEREAS, in accordance with King County charter section 240, the council organizes and administers the legislative branch by motion, and

                     WHEREAS, the charter provides that the council shall elect one of its members as chair, and Motion 10651, Section II, as amended, and OR 1-010 provides that the council shall elect a chair who shall serve at the pleasure of the council for a term of one year, unless otherwise ordered by the council, and

                     WHEREAS, historically the council has specified in its organizational motion the chairs, vice-chairs of the council and its committees, and members of council committees and in accordance with K.C.C. 1.24.320 makes changes to these positions by passage of a motion;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     I.  Motion 11122, Section G, as amended, and OR 2-040 are hereby amended to read as follows:

                     OR 2-040.  Chairs and vice-chairs.  The council designates the following councilmembers as chairs and vice-chairs of the standing committees created in this motion and the regional committees established in the King County Charter.

                     Budget and fiscal management committee:

                                          Chair:  Rod Dembowski.

                                          Vice-chair:  Jorge L. Barón.

                     Committee of the whole:

                                          Chair:  Jorge L. Barón.

                                          Vice-chair:  Claudia Balducci.

                     Employment and administration committee:

                                          Chair:  Sarah Perry.

                                          Vice-chair:  Jorge L. Barón.

                     Government accountability and oversight committee:

                                          Chair:  Pete von Reichbauer.

                                          Vice-chair:  Steffanie Fain.

                     Health, housing, and human services committee:

                                          Chair:  Teresa Mosqueda.

                                          Vice Chair:  ((councilmember representing district two)) Rhonda Lewis.

                     Law and justice committee:

                                          Chair:  ((Jorge L. Barón)) Rhonda Lewis.

                                          Vice Chair:  ((Claudia Balducci)) Rod Dembowski.

                     Local services and land use committee:

                                          Chair:  Reagan Dunn.

                                          Vice-chair:  ((councilmember representing district two)) Rhonda Lewis.

                     Transportation, economy, and environment committee:

                                          Chair:  Steffanie Fain.

                                          Vice-Chair:  Pete von Reichbauer.

                     Regional policy committee:

                                          Chair:  Pete von Reichbauer.

                     Regional transit committee:

                                          Chair:  Steffanie Fain.

                     Regional water quality committee:

                                          Chair:  Claudia Balducci.

                     II.  Motion 11122, Section H, as amended, and OR 2-050 are hereby amended to read as follows:

                     OR 2-050.  Memberships.  The council designates the following councilmembers, in addition to the chairs and vice-chairs, as members of the standing committees created in this motion and the regional committees established in the King County Charter.

                     Budget and fiscal management committee:

                                          Members:  Steffanie Fain, Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry, ((councilmember representing district two)) Rhonda Lewis.

                     Committee of the whole:

                                          Members:  All councilmembers.

                     Employment and administration committee:

                                          Members:  Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Teresa Mosqueda.

                     Government accountability and oversight committee:

                                          Members:  Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn.

                     Health, housing, and human services committee:

                                          Members:  Jorge L. Barón, Steffanie Fain.

                     Law and justice committee:

                                          Members:  ((Rod Dembowski,)) Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Teresa Mosqueda((, councilmember representing district two)).

                     Local services and land use committee:

                                          Members:  Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry.

                     Transportation, economy, and environment committee:

                                          Members:  Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn.

                     Regional policy committee:

                                          Members:  Jorge L. Barón, Sarah Perry.

                                          Alternate:

                     Regional transit committee:

                                          Members:  Sarah Perry, Pete von Reichbauer.

                                          Alternate:

                     Regional water quality committee:

                                          Members:  Reagan Dunn, ((councilmember representing district two)) Rhonda Lewis.

                                          Alternate: