1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Steffanie Fain, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Reagan Dunn  
Lead Staff: Gene Paul (206-477-9378)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
Friday, April 24, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
SPECIAL MEETING - DRAFT MINUTES  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair von Reichbauer called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM.  
4 - von Reichbauer, Dunn, Fain and Balducci  
Present:  
3.  
4.  
Approval of Minutes  
Vice Chair Fain moved approval of the March 10, 2026 meeting minutes. There being  
no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Public Comment  
The following people provided public comment:  
Alex Tsimerman  
Briefings  
5.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0055  
Auditor's Office and Ombuds Office report on Fraud Risk Management and Response  
Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor, and Jeremy Bell, Director, King County  
Office of the Ombuds, briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and  
answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
Meeting Minutes  
April 24, 2026  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
6.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0056  
KCIA Briefing  
John Parrott, Director, King County International Airport, briefed the committee via  
PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
7.  
Briefing No. 2026-B0057  
Audit Report: Medical Examiner’s Office: Continuous Improvement Can Strengthen Control Environment  
Kymber Waltmunson, King County Auditor, Elise Garvey, Principal Auditor, King  
County Auditor’s Office, and Grant Dailey, Senior Auditor, King County Auditor’s Office,  
briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the  
members. Tesia Forbes, Prevention Division Director, Public Health, and Jesse  
Chipps, Administrator, HIV Planning Council, Public Health also answered questions  
from the members.  
This matter was presented.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:06 AM.