1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Steffanie Fain, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn  
Lead Staff: Gene Paul (206-477-9378)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, May 12, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend the King County Council committee meetings in person in Council  
Chambers (Room 1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how  
to attend and/or to provide comment remotely are listed below.  
Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the  
Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this  
meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those  
applicable to full council meetings.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Government Accountability and Oversight  
Committee values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items.  
There are three ways to provide public comment:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting and provide comment in the Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may comment in writing on current agenda items by submitting your email  
comments to committees@kingcounty.gov. If your email is received by 8:30 a.m. on the day of  
the meeting, your email comments will be distributed to the committee members and  
appropriate staff prior to the meeting.  
3. Remote attendance at the meeting by phone or computer (see "Connecting to the  
Webinar" below).  
You may provide oral comment on current agenda items during the meeting’s public comment  
period.  
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You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact Language Access Coordinator, Tera Chea at 206 477 9259 or email  
tera.chea2@kingcounty.gov by 8:30 a.m. three business days prior to the meeting.  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR:  
Webinar ID: 871 9559 4726  
Via phone by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the webinar ID above.  
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE MEETING REMOTELY: There are several ways to watch or  
listen in to the meeting:  
1)  
into your web browser.  
2)  
Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD) and Astound Broadband  
Channels 22 and 711(HD)  
3)  
Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.  
To help us manage the meeting, if you do not wish to be called upon for public comment  
please use the Livestream or King County TV options listed above, if possible, to watch or  
listen to the meeting.  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
April 24, 2026 meeting minutes  
4.  
Public Comment  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
5.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a franchise agreement with HyperFiber of Washington,  
LLC, for use of certain King County road rights-of-way in unincorporated King County for the  
construction, operation, and maintenance of wireline telecommunications transmission facilities.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Terra Rose, Council staff  
Discussion Only  
6.  
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.  
Dembowski, Dunn, Perry, von Reichbauer and Fain  
Sponsors:  
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff  
Briefings  
Auditor on Fraud and Ethics Issues  
7.  
Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor  
8.  
Citizens’ Elections Oversight Committee  
Christopher Hays, Chair, Citizens’ Elections Oversight Committee  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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