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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, June 17, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
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 Dunn  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of June 10, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards  
Council Districts 2, 3, 7, 9  
County Service Awards  
Executive Braddock  
Proclamation of June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth in King County  
Councilmember Quinn and Councilmember Zahilay  
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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 the Juneteenth Proclamation and Items 7-13  
Consent Item 7  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0129  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to rates and charges for sewage treatment and disposal; and amending  
Ordinance 12353, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.670.100, Ordinance 18745, Section 2, as  
amended, and Ordinance 11398, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 28.84.055.  
Sponsors:  
Balducci  
On 5/13/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 5/28/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Deferred.  
On 6/11/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0166  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, representing transit  
administrative support employees in the Metro transit department; and establishing the effective date  
of said agreement.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
On 6/10/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan  
King County Council.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 9-12  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0037  
9.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on adult and juvenile sex offense cases in compliance  
with the 2023-2024 Biennial Budget Ordinance, 19546, Section 31, as amended by Ordinance  
19791, Section 9, Proviso P2.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
On 2/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and  
Justice Committee.  
On 6/4/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0138.2  
10.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on sexual assault cases in compliance with the 2025  
Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 31, Proviso P2.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
On 5/20/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and  
Justice Committee.  
On 6/4/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0144  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Faisal Akhter, who resides in council district  
two, to the King County veterans advisory board.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay  
On 5/20/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health,  
Housing, and Human Services Committee.  
On 6/3/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0152  
12.  
A MOTION accepting the office of law enforcement oversight's annual report for the year 2024.  
Sponsors:  
Barón  
On 5/27/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and  
Justice Committee.  
On 6/4/2025, the Law and Justice Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Councilmember Mosqueda  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0149.2  
13.  
A MOTION expressing King County council's opposition to proposed federal Medicaid cuts and  
affirming support for care workers, healthcare systems, and residents who rely on Apple Health.  
Sponsors:  
Zahilay, Mosqueda and Quinn  
On 5/27/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health,  
Housing, and Human Services Committee.  
On 6/3/2025, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0165  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to a capital improvement project; making a supplemental appropriation of  
$51,819,000 to the county hospital capital fund; and amending the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance,  
Ordinance 19861, Section 130, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended.  
Sponsors:  
Dembowski  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0173  
15.  
A MOTION regarding the council's commitment to welcoming and actively supporting immigrants  
and refugees, and requesting a report evaluating the county's progress towards that commitment.  
Sponsors:  
Mosqueda  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
16.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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