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King County

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Meeting Minutes

Committee of the Whole

Claudia Balducci, Chair;

Teresa Mosqueda, Vice Chair;

Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski, Reagan Dunn, Sarah Perry,

De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer, Girmay Zahilay

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

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

9:30 AM

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Hybrid Meeting

REVISED AGENDA - DRAFT MINUTES

Call to Order

Roll Call

Vice Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:32 AM.

8 -

Present:

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

Zahilay

1 - Perry

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Councilmember Barón moved approval of the March 25, 2025 meeting minutes. There

being no objections, the minutes were approved.

Public Comment

There were no people who provided public comment.

Committee of the Whole

Meeting Minutes

April 22, 2025

Briefings

Briefing No. 2025-B0058

Federal Government Update Impacts on Operations and Funding

Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, briefed the

committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.

This matter was presented.

Briefing No. 2025-B0059

Friends of Youth Federal Funding Update

Paul Lwali, Chief Executive Officer, Friends of Youth, and Degale Cooper, CEO &

President, YouthCare, briefed the committee and answered questions from the

members.

This matter was presented.

Briefing No. 2025-B0060

King County Regional Homelessness Authority Update

Dr. Kelly Kinnison, CEO, King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA),

Simon P. Foster, Deputy CEO, KCRHA, Xochitl Maykovich, Interim Chief Program

Officer, KCRHA, and Dr. Tim Thomas, Chief Research and Data Officer, KCRHA,

briefed the committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the

members. Janelle Rothfolk, Deputy Chief Community Impact Officer, KCHRA, also

answered questions from the members.

This matter was presented.

Briefing No. 2025-B0072

Discussion to Consider Signing a Letter Urging the Governor to Support Legislation Raising the Revenue

Growth Limit for State and Local Property Taxes

The members held a discussion on whether to sign and send a letter to the Governor

of Washington urging him to raise the revenue growth limit for state and local property

taxes. The members agreed to sign the letter and send it to the Governor.

This matter was presented.

Other Business

There was no other business to come before the committee.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 11:51 AM.