1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

Law and Justice Committee

Councilmembers:

Jorge L. Barón, Chair;

Claudia Balducci,Vice-Chair;

Rod Dembowski, Teresa Mosqueda

Lead Staff: Leah Krekel-Zoppi (206-477-0892)

Committee Clerk: Gabbi Williams (206-477-7470)

9:30 AM

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

DRAFT MINUTES

Hybrid Meeting

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Barón called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m.

3 - Barón, Dembowski and Mosqueda

1 - Balducci

Present:

Excused:

Approval of Minutes

Councilmember Dembowski moved approval of the minutes of the January 22, 2025

meeting. Seeing no objections, the minutes were approved.

Public Comment

There were no individuals present to provide public comment:

Law and Justice Committee

Meeting Minutes

March 5, 2025

Briefing

Briefing No. 2025-B0025

Update on Detention Facility Distributed Antenna System and Emergency Proclamation

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

committee and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0024

Superior Court Update on Civil Cases

The Honorable Ketu Shah, Presiding Judge, Superior Court, briefed the committee via

a PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0034

Civil Legal System Partners

Amarinthia Torres, Co-Executive Director (Policy), Coalition Ending Gender-Based

Violence, Laurel Redden, Director of Communications and Policy, King County Sexual

Assault Resource Center, Vivian Lee, Legal Director, Eastside Legal Assistance

Program, and Jerry Kröon, Executive Director, Eastside Legal Assistance Program,

briefed the committee and answered questions from the members.

This matter was Presented

Other Business

There was no other business to come before the committee.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 11:03 a.m.