1200 King County
Courthouse
King County
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Meeting Minutes
Metropolitan King County Council
Councilmembers: Sarah Perry, Chair;
Jorge Barón, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;
Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Steffanie Fain,
Rhonda Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer
10:30 AM
Friday, May 29, 2026
DRAFT MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
Chinook Building
13th Floor Event Space
401 Fifth Ave, Seattle WA 98104
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Call to Order
Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 10:32 a.m.
8 - Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Fain, Lewis, Mosqueda and Perry
1 - von Reichbauer
Present:
Excused:
Briefing
3.
Annual Labor Summit
Introductions and Welcome
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Sarah Perry, King County Council Chair
Girmay Zahilay, King County Executive
Suzette Dickerson, King County Coalition of Unions Co-Chair
Shaunie Wheeler, MLK Labor Deputy Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Team Presentation on the 4 B’s, Better Government, King County
Employee/Customer Pulse Survey, Better Governance, and Budget Outlook
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Girmay Zahilay, King County Executive
Hyeok Kim, King County Chief Operating Officer
Megan Pedersen, King County Chief People Officer
Kayvon Zadeh, King County Internal Audit Director
Kapena Pflum, King County Budget Manager
A Look Back to CLA Bargaining Cycle Collaboration Success by Labor, Labor
Relations, and All of Our Negotiation Partners
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Michael Gonzales, King County Coalition of Unions Co-Chair
Angela Marshall, King County Labor Relations Interim Director
Labor Policy Refresh
Dustin Frederick, Public Safety Employees Union Business Manager
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