1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

Committee of the Whole

Claudia Balducci, Chair;

Jorge L. Barón, Vice Chair;

Rod Dembowski, Reagan Dunn, Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah

Perry,

Dave Upthegrove, Pete von Reichbauer, Girmay Zahilay

Lead Staff: Andy Micklow (206-263-3226)

Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)

9:00 AM

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

SPECIAL MEETING

Hybrid Meeting

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Balducci called the meeting to order at 9:04 AM.

8 -

Present:

Balducci, Barón, Dunn, Dembowski, Mosqueda, Perry, von Reichbauer and

Zahilay

1 - Upthegrove

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Councilmember Barón moved approval of the November 18, 2024 meeting minutes.

There being no objections, the minutes were approved.

Public Comment

The following people provided public comment:

Candice Hoffman

Putter Bert

Committee of the Whole

Meeting Minutes

December 4, 2024

Briefings

Briefing No. 2024-B0131

Initial After Action Briefing of Nov. 19 Bomb Cyclone Storm

Sean P. Kelly, Mayor, City of Maple Valley, Brian Carson, Fire Chief, Puget Sound

Regional Fire Authority, Terry Davis, Senior Director, External-Government Affairs,

Comcast—Pacific Northwest Region, Nick Himebauch, Director of Operations, Tanner

Electric Cooperative, Julien Loh, Local Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager,

Puget Sound Energy, and Brendan McCluskey, Director, King County Office of

Emergency Management, briefed the committee via video and PowerPoint presentation

and answered questions from the members.

This matter was presented.

Discussion and Possible Action

Proposed Motion No. 2024-0398

A MOTION requesting the executive provide support for residents and businesses impacted by recent

severe weather; and requesting a plan for King County's ongoing response and an after-action report.

Gene Paul, Council staff, briefed the committee and answered questions from the

members.

Councilmember Perry moved approval of Striking Amendment S1 and Title

Amendment T1. There being no objections, the amendments were adopted.

This item was expedited to the December 10, 2024 meeting of the Metropolitan King

County Council.

A motion was made by Councilmember Perry that this Motion be

Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent. The motion carried by the

following vote:

6 - Balducci, Barón, Dunn, Dembowski, Perry and Zahilay

3 - Mosqueda, Upthegrove and von Reichbauer

Yes:

Excused:

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 10:49 AM.