1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Dave Upthegrove, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn  
Lead Staff: Melissa Bailey (206-263-0114)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
1.  
Tuesday, March 12, 2024  
Hybrid Meeting  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair von Reichbauer called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM.  
2.  
3.  
4 - Upthegrove, von Reichbauer, Balducci and Dunn  
Present:  
Approval of Minutes  
Vice Chair Upthegrove moved approval of the February 13, 2024 meeting minutes.  
There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Briefings  
4.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0039  
King County International Airport: A Panel Discussion  
John Parrott, Director, KCIA, Donny Donovan, Legislative and Political Director, IAM  
751, Cindy Hales, President, Pacific Northwest Business Aviation Association, Eric  
Utter, Chair, KCIA Roundtable, and Stephen Ratzlaff, Friends of Boeing Field, briefed  
the committee and answered questions from the members.  
5.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0040  
Combined Compensation Request  
Jason Cossette, Classification and Compensation Services Manager, Department of  
Human Resources, briefed the committee.  
The job classifications and pay range increases discussed in this briefing were  
confirmed by the committee.  
Meeting Minutes  
March 12, 2024  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
6.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0041  
Fish Passage Restoration Program Audit  
Kymber Waltmunson, County Auditor, King County Auditor’s Office , Zainab Nejati,  
Capital Projects Analyst I, King County Auditor’s Office, and Cindy Drake, Supervising  
Auditor, King County Auditor’s Office, briefed the committee via PowerPoint  
presentation and answered questions from the members. John Taylor, Director,  
Department of Natural Resources and Parks, and Josh Baldi, Director, Water and  
Land Resources Division, Department of Natural Resources and Parks, also answered  
questions from the members.  
Discussion and Possible Action  
7.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2024-0055  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the personnel board; and amending Ordinance 174 (part), as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.08.110 and Ordinance 13370, Section 2, as amended and K.C.C. 3.08.120.  
Jeff Muhm, Chief Policy Officer, King County Council, briefed the committee.  
Vice Chair Upthegrove moved approval of Amendment 1. There being no objections,  
Amendment 1 was adopted.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Upthegrove that this Ordinance be  
Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
4 - Upthegrove, von Reichbauer, Balducci and Dunn  
Yes:  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting ended when the members left the Zoom webinar at 10:35 AM.