Metropolitan King County Council
Meeting Minutes
July 7, 2026
Government Accountability and Oversight
12.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the prevention, detection, and response to fraud, waste, and abuse of
county-administered moneys, and creating an inspector general division within the office of public
complaints; amending Ordinance 13320, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.140, Ordinance
13320, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.150, Ordinance 1565, Section 1, as amended, and
K.C.C. 2.20.040, Ordinance 18799, Section 9, and K.C.C. 2.20.065, Ordinance 473, Section 1, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.010, Ordinance 473, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.020,
Ordinance 5869, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.030, Ordinance 473, Section 8, as amended,
and K.C.C. 2.52.080, Ordinance 473, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.090, Ordinance 473,
Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.100, Ordinance 473, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C.
2.52.110, Ordinance 473, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.120, Ordinance 473, Section 13, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.130, Ordinance 473, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.140,
Ordinance 473, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.150, Ordinance 473, Section 16, as amended,
and K.C.C. 2.52.160, Ordinance 473, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.170, Ordinance 12138,
Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.020, Ordinance 12138, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.
2.93.030, Ordinance 12138, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.130, Ordinance 12138, Section
18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.170, Ordinance 9704, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.015,
Ordinance 12014, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.017, Ordinance 12014, Section 3, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.030, Ordinance 9704, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.055,
Ordinance 9704, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.057, Ordinance 1321, Section 4, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.100, Ordinance 9704, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.130,
Ordinance 11687, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.020, Ordinance 11687, Section 4, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.030, Ordinance 11687, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.050,
Ordinance 16580, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.055, Ordinance 16580, Section 7, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.057, and Ordinance 11687, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.060,
adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.52, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.93, repealing
Ordinance 473, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.040, and Ordinance 473, Section 5, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.050, and establishing an effective date.
Dembowski, Dunn, Perry, von Reichbauer, Fain and Lewis
Sponsors:
The enacted number is 20101.
Miranda Leskinen, Council Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.
Councilmember Dembowski moved Amendment 1. The motion carried.
Councilmember Dembowski moved Amendment 2. The motion carried.
Councilmember Dembowski moved Amendment 3. The motion carried.
Councilmember Dembowski moved Amendment 4. The motion carried.
Councilmember Dunn moved Amendment 5. The motion carried.
Councilmember Fain moved Amendment 6A. The motion carried.
Amendment 6B was not offered.
Councilmember Dembowski moved Amendment 7. The motion carried.