1200 King County

Courthouse

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

King County

Meeting Minutes

Law and Justice Committee

Councilmembers:

Rhonda Lewis, Chair;

Rod Dembowski,Vice-Chair;

Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Teresa Mosqueda

Lead Staff: Leah Krekel-Zoppi (206-477-0892)

Co-Lead Erica Newman (206-477-7543)

Committee Clerk: Gabbi Williams (206-477-7470)

9:30 AM

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

DRAFT MINUTES

Hybrid Meeting

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Lewis called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m.

4 - Barón, Dembowski, Lewis and Mosqueda

1 - Balducci

Present:

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Councilmember Barón moved approval of the minutes of the April 1, 2026 meeting.

Seeing no objections, the minutes were approved.

Public Comment

There were no individuals present to provide public comment.

Law and Justice Committee

Meeting Minutes

May 6, 2026

Briefing

Briefing No. 2026-B0035

Audit report on 911 Communications Center

Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor, Luc Poon, Principal Management Auditor,

King County Auditor's Office, and Peter Heineccius, Senior Principal Management

Auditor, King County Auditor's Office, briefed the committee via a PowerPoint

presentation and answered questions from the members. Ian Huri, Chief, Support

Services, King County Sheriff’s Office, also addressed the committee and answered

questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2026-B0065

Update on Jail Health Services Expansion

Danotra McBride, Director, Jail Health Services Division, Public Health of Seattle and

King County (PHSKC), and Megan Murphy, Jail Health Services Reentry

Demonstration Project Manager, PHSKC, briefed the committee via PowerPoint

presentation and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Discussion and Possible Action

Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0040

AN ORDINANCE relating to the department of public defense standards for indigent defense;

amending Ordinance 17588, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.60.026 and adding a new section to

K.C.C. chapter 2.60.

Leah Krekel-Zoppi, Council Staff, briefed the committee and answered questions

from the members. Kapena Pflum, Budget and Business Planning Manager, King

County Executive’s Office, addressed the committee via a PowerPoint presentation

and answered questions from the members. Matthew Pang, Deputy Director,

Department of Public Defense, also addressed the committee and answered

questions from the members.

Councilmember Dembowski asked to be added as a sponsor.

Amendment 1 was not offered.

Amendment 2 was not offered.

Amendment 3 was not offered.

Amendment 4 was not offered.

Title Amendment T1 was not offered.

A motion was made by Councilmember Barón that this Ordinance be

Recommended Do Pass. The motion carried by the following vote:

4 - Barón, Dembowski, Lewis and Mosqueda

1 - Balducci

Yes:

Excused: