1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Panel 3 – Health, Housing, and Human  
Services  
Chair: Teresa Mosqueda  
Members: Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski  
Panel Lead: Gene Paul (206-477-9378)  
Panel Clerk: Gabbi Williams (206-477-7470)  
9:00 AM  
Thursday, October 16, 2025  
SPECIAL MEETING  
Hybrid meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council committee 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.  
Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the  
Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this  
meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those  
applicable to full council meetings.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: Panel 3 - Health, Housing, and Human Services  
values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items.  
There are three ways to provide public comment:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting and provide comment in the Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may comment in writing on current agenda items by submitting your email  
comments to budget.council@kingcounty.gov or by visiting the King County Council's 2026-  
3. Remote attendance at the meeting by phone or computer (see "Connecting to the  
Webinar" below).  
Public comment will be limited to 20 minutes total on the agenda. Individuals providing public  
comment will have 1 minute and organizations with combined comments may have 3 minutes.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact Language Access Coordinator, Tera Chea at 206 477 9259 or email  
tera.chea2@kingcounty.gov by 8:00 a.m. three business days prior to the meeting.  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR:  
Webinar ID: 896 6184 0735  
Via phone by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the webinar ID above.  
HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN TO THE MEETING REMOTELY: There are several ways to watch or  
listen in to the meeting:  
1)  
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.  
To help us manage the meeting, if you do not wish to be called upon for public comment  
please use the Livestream or King County TV options listed above, if possible, to watch or  
listen to the meeting.  
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3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Public Comment  
Public comment will be limited to 20 minutes total on the agenda. Individuals providing public comment  
will have 1 minute and organizations with combined comments may have 3 minutes.  
Briefing  
4.  
Briefing on Criminal Justice Sales Tax in the Proposed 2026-2027 Budget  
Nick Bowman, Council staff  
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5.  
Briefing on Proposed 2026-2027 Biennial Budget - Health, Housing, and Human Services  
Gene Paul, Council staff  
Adjournment  
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