1200 King County  
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, September 9, 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: 830 3407 1240  
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 September 2, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Items  
Legislative Branch Service Awards  
Councilmember Zahilay  
Proclamation of September 15 to 21, 2025, as Diaper Need Awareness Week in King County  
Councilmember Balducci, Councilmember Perry, and Executive Braddock  
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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 (Proclamation Only) and 7-10.  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
Councilmember Dembowski  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0182.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to solid waste fees charged at recycling and transfer facilities and at the  
Cedar Hills regional landfill; and amending Ordinance 12564, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C.  
10.12.021 and establishing an effective date.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 7/8/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
On 8/27/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute.  
Public Hearing Required  
First Reading of and Action on Emergency Ordinances without Referral  
to Committee  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0275  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules and order of business; amending Ordinance 11683, Section  
4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035; and declaring an emergency.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING LESS  
THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER FIRST READING PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.095 AND A MOTION  
TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE  
PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0259.2  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of John Rodriquez to the citizens' elections oversight  
committee as a representative of the Spanish-speaking community.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 8/26/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Employment and  
Administration Committee.  
On 9/2/2025, the Employment and Administration Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute  
Consent.  
Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 10  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0243  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Bilan Aden, who resides in council district five,  
to the King County Communities of Opportunity-Best Starts for Kids levy advisory board, as a  
community member who reflects demographic characteristics of the communities that qualify for  
funding in accordance with Communities of Opportunity funding guidelines and who are grassroots  
organizers or activists in those communities or who live in or have worked in those communities.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0260  
11.  
AN ORDINANCE revising the loan agreement between King County and the Pacific Science Center  
Foundation.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0269  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Redmond Water System Plan dated May 2025.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Local Services and Land Use Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0270  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2025 King County real property asset management plan in response to  
K.C.C. 4.56.350; and amending Ordinance 10810, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.350.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0271  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an amendment to an agreement approved under  
Ordinance 19821 with the Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing for a wastewater  
capital project.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0276  
15.  
AN ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the council-designated projects funded  
through the WaterWorks grant program, for the 2025 cycle, in accordance with the 2025 Annual  
Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 59, as amended, and Ordinance 18031, Section 1, as  
amended.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0239  
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17.  
18.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Yessica Osorio Duran, who resides in council  
district five, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as a youth representative.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0240  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Megan Walsh, who resides in council district  
three, to the King County children and youth advisory board.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0254  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jeni Johnson, who resides in council district  
eight, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a representative  
of unincorporated King County.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0261  
19.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Luz Escalante, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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