Drafter
Clerk 03/11/2025
Title
A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities.
Body
WHEREAS, the King County council and the King County executive work together through their respective government relations staff and desire to bring their positions on federal issues to the attention of the 119th Congress, and
WHEREAS, King County desires to work cooperatively with other local governments and other organizations to achieve its 2025 federal legislative goals, and
WHEREAS, King County is dependent on a strong fiscal partnership with the federal government for addressing local needs in transit, transportation, infrastructure, public health, behavioral health, veterans and human services, affordable housing, poverty, homelessness, public safety, flood control, and many other areas, and
WHEREAS, the King County council and the King County executive will continue to review congressional developments for possible revisions of King County's 2025 federal legislative goals;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The King County council hereby adopts the King County 2025 Federal
Legislative Priorities, Attachment A to this motion, as King County's highest priorities for federal action.