Meeting Minutes
May 12, 2026
Government Accountability and
Oversight Committee
Discussion and Possible Action
5.
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a franchise agreement with HyperFiber of Washington,
LLC, for use of certain King County road rights-of-way in unincorporated King County for the
construction, operation, and maintenance of wireline telecommunications transmission facilities.
Terra Rose, Council staff, briefed the committee and answered questions from the
members. Chris Jaramillo, Cable Office Project/Program Manager, KCIT, and Bruce
Hilton, Cable Office Project/Program Manager, KCIT, also answered questions from
the members.
This matter was deferred.
Discussion Only
6.
AN ORDINANCE relating to the prevention, detection, and response to fraud, waste, and abuse of
county-administered moneys, and creating an inspector general division within the office of public
complaints; amending Ordinance 13320, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.140, Ordinance
13320, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.07.150, Ordinance 1565, Section 1, as amended, and
K.C.C. 2.20.040, Ordinance 18799, Section 9, and K.C.C. 2.20.065, Ordinance 473, Section 1, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.010, Ordinance 473, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.020,
Ordinance 5869, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.030, Ordinance 473, Section 8, as amended,
and K.C.C. 2.52.080, Ordinance 473, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.090, Ordinance 473,
Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.100, Ordinance 473, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C.
2.52.110, Ordinance 473, Section 12, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.120, Ordinance 473, Section 13, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.130, Ordinance 473, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.140,
Ordinance 473, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.150, Ordinance 473, Section 16, as amended,
and K.C.C. 2.52.160, Ordinance 473, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.170, Ordinance 12138,
Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.020, Ordinance 12138, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.
2.93.030, Ordinance 12138, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.130, Ordinance 12138, Section
18, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.93.170, Ordinance 9704, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.015,
Ordinance 12014, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.017, Ordinance 12014, Section 3, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.030, Ordinance 9704, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.055,
Ordinance 9704, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.057, Ordinance 1321, Section 4, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.100, Ordinance 9704, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.04.130,
Ordinance 11687, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.020, Ordinance 11687, Section 4, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.030, Ordinance 11687, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.050,
Ordinance 16580, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.055, Ordinance 16580, Section 7, as
amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.057, and Ordinance 11687, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.060,
adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 2.52, adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.93, repealing
Ordinance 473, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.040, and Ordinance 473, Section 5, as
amended, and K.C.C. 2.52.050, and establishing an effective date.
Miranda Leskinen, Council staff, briefed the committee and answered questions from
the members. Jeremy Bell, Director, King County Ombuds Office, and Kymber
Waltmunson, King County Auditor, also answered questions from the members.
This matter was deferred.
