1200 King County
Courthouse
King County
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
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
Friday, June 20, 2025
Hybrid Meeting
DRAFT MINUTES-SPECIAL MEETING
1.
Call to Order
The joint meeting of the King County Council's Committee of the Whole and the
Seattle City Council's Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes
was called to order at 9:32 a.m. by Chair Balducci. The Chair welcomed the Seattle
City Councilmembers and provided opening remarks. Seattle Councilmember Rinck,
Chair, Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes, provided
comments.
2.
Roll Call
The following Seattle City Councilmembers were present: Hollingsworth, Kettle,
Nelson, Rinck, Saka and Strauss. The following Seattle City Councilmembers were
excused: Moore, Rivera and Solomon.
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Present:
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von
Reichbauer and Zahilay
3.
Public Comment
The following individual provided comments: David Haines.
Briefing
4.
Impact of Trump Administration Tariffs on the Seattle/King County Regional Economy: Economic
Overview
Lizbeth Martin-Mahar, PhD., Chief Economist, King County Office of Economic and
Financial Analysis and Jan Duras, Interim Director and Chief Economist, City of
Seattle Office of Economic and Revenue Forecasts, briefed the committees via
PowerPoint presentations and answered questions from the members.
This matter was Presented
