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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Girmay Zahilay, Chair;  
Sarah Perry, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, August 26, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ITEM 13  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council meetings in person in Council Chambers (Room  
1001), 516 3rd Avenue in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend and/or  
provide comment remotely are listed below.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks  
forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for  
council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general  
comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in  
advance.  
There are three ways to provide public testimony:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted  
before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to  
the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony  
by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov.  
3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the  
meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at  
https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493  
If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1  
253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your  
ability to be unmuted to speak.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact our Equity and Social Justice Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or  
Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov, three (3) days prior to the meeting.  
If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us  
manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV  
Channel 22).  
HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you  
don't wish to provide public testimony:  
1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address 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.  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Balducci  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of August 20, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Public Comment  
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Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees  
and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective  
Bargaining  
There will be one public hearing on Items 6-9  
Local Services and Land Use  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0127.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to school impact fees; amending Ordinance 13147, Section 22, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 20.18.060, Ordinance 11621, Section 89, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.28.152, Ordinance  
11621, Section 91, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.28.156, Ordinance 11621, Section 112, as amended,  
and K.C.C. 21A.43.030, and Ordinance 11621, Section 114, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.43.050,  
adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 21A.43, and repealing Ordinance 10870, Section 292, and  
K.C.C. 21A.06.1260, and Ordinance 11621, Attachment A.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 5/6/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Local Services  
and Land Use Committee.  
On 6/18/2025, the Local Services and Land Use Committee Passed Out of Committee Without a  
Recommendation.  
On 8/19/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
Public Hearing Required  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0227  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting a memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between  
King County and the Joint Labor Management Insurance Committee of Unions regarding insured  
benefits for represented benefits-eligible employees identified by King County deemed eligible to  
receive these benefits; and establishing the effective date of the agreement.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 8/19/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
Public Hearing Required  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Items 9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0248  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Sheryl Whitney, who resides in council district  
six, to the Harborview Medical Center board of trustees, as the district six representative.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0233  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Asma Ahmed, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
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Proposed Motion No. 2025-0256  
11.  
12.  
13.  
A MOTION approving renewal of contract for assistant chief legal counsel to the King County council.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0257  
A MOTION approving renewal of contract for chief legal counsel to the King County council.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0258  
A MOTION confirming the reappointment of Hilary De La Cruz to the citizens' elections oversight  
committee as a King County registered voter.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0259  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of ____________ to the citizens' elections oversight committee  
as a representative of the Spanish-speaking community.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Employment and Administration Committee  
15.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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