1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Committee of the Whole  
Claudia Balducci, Chair;  
Teresa Mosqueda, Vice Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski, Reagan Dunn, Sarah Perry,  
De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer, Girmay Zahilay  
Lead Staff: Andy Micklow (206-263-3226)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, August 26, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
DRAFT MINUTES - REVISED AGENDA  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair Balducci called the meeting to order at 9:35 AM.  
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Present:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer and Zahilay  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Mosqueda moved approval of the July 22, 2025 meeting minutes.  
There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Public Comment  
The following people provided public comment:  
Nancy Salguero McKay  
Kevin Altheimer  
Imani Burton  
Mariah Vann  
Cutonja Vann  
Andre Arnold  
Arianna Fardad  
Titus Britt  
Lee Garrett  
Nikum Po  
Committee of the Whole  
Meeting Minutes  
August 26, 2025  
Briefings  
5.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0128  
King County Department of Community and Human Services Contract Audit  
Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor, and Megan Ko, Principal Auditor, Auditor’s  
Office, briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions  
from the members. Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human  
Services, also answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
6.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0129  
Federal Government Update Impacts on Operations and Funding  
Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, briefed the  
committee and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
7.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0127  
4Culture Annual Report and Doors Open Evaluation Framework  
Gene Paul, Council staff, briefed the committee. Brian Carter, Executive Director,  
4Culture, Claire Miccio, Senior Government Relations Manager, 4Culture, and Calandra  
Childers, Director of Program Strategy & Impact, 4Culture, briefed the committee via  
PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
8.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0126  
King County Library System Annual Report  
Heidi Daniel, Executive Director, King County Library System, Jeffery Guddat, Trustee  
& Board Secretary, and John Sheller, Government Relations Manager, briefed the  
committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
Other Business  
There was no further business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 12:06 PM.