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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Girmay Zahilay, Chair;  
Sarah Perry, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge L. Barón, Rod Dembowski,  
Teresa Mosqueda, De'Sean Quinn, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, October 21, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council 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.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks  
forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for  
council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general  
comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in  
advance.  
There are three ways to provide public testimony:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted  
before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to  
the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony  
by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov.  
3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the  
meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at  
https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.  
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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493  
If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the meeting by calling 1  
253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your  
ability to be unmuted to speak.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact our Equity and Social Justice Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477 9259 or  
Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov, three (3) days prior to the meeting.  
If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us  
manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV  
Channel 22).  
HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you  
don't wish to provide public testimony:  
1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address 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.  
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1.  
2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Perry  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of October 14, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of October 21, 2025, as Errol the Courthouse Dog Day in King County  
Councilmember Barón and Executive Braddock  
Proclamation of October 20 to 26, 2025, as Pro Bono Week in King County  
Councilmember Barón, Councilmember Dunn, and Councilmember Dembowski  
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Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees  
and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective  
Bargaining  
There will be one public hearing on Items 6-13  
Consent Items 7-9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0141.2  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute fiber optic installation and maintenance  
agreements.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 9/16/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0214.2  
8.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of environmental attributes held by the county; authorizing the  
executive office of climate to enter into an agreement with an environmental services aggregator who  
would support the tracking and reporting of low-carbon fuels usage in county fleets and production of  
low-carbon fuels to generate credits in the Washington Clean Fuels Program and manage the sale of  
credits to producers and suppliers of regulated fuels.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
On 8/19/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0284  
9.  
AN ORDINANCE regarding membership on the King County board of health; and amending Ordinance  
19418, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.021, Ordinance 19418, Section 3, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 2.35.022, and Ordinance 19418, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.35.026.  
Mosqueda  
Sponsors:  
On 9/23/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 10-12  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0262  
10.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Aliye Aliye, who resides in council district seven,  
to the King County immigrant and refugee commission.  
von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
On 9/23/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0272  
11.  
A MOTION approving the 2026 budget and work program for ARCH, A Regional Coalition for Housing.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 9/16/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0273  
12.  
A MOTION approving the 2026 work plan and 2026 budget for SKHHP, South King Housing and  
Homelessness Partners.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 9/16/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 10/6/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Transportation, Economy and Environment  
Councilmember Quinn  
Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0172.2  
13.  
A MOTION approving the 2025 Strategic Climate Action Plan, submitted in compliance with K.C.C  
18.25.010, and superseding Motion 14449, Section B.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
On 7/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
On 7/15/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Deferred.  
On 8/19/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Deferred.  
On 9/8/2025, the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee Recommended Do Pass  
Substitute.  
On 10/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
On 10/14/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0331  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $14,700,000 to various general fund  
agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $22,895,000 to various non-general fund agencies and a  
net supplemental appropriation of $1,670,000 from various capital fund budgets; and amending the  
2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Sections 34, 54, 55, 86, 117, 120, and 130, as  
amended, and Attachment A, as amended.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
15.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
16.  
Public Employment Relations Commission Notice  
Adjournment  
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