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Courthouse  
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Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Metropolitan King County Council  
Councilmembers: Sarah Perry, Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Vice Chair of Policy Development and Review;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair of Regional Coordination;  
Claudia Balducci, Rod Dembowski, Steffanie Fain,  
Rhonda Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von Reichbauer  
1:30 PM  
Tuesday, January 13, 2026  
Hybrid Meeting  
REVISED AGENDA - ADDED RECOGNITION UNDER ITEM 6  
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: 830 3407 1240  
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 Balducci  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of January 6, 2026  
Councilmember Barón  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Proclamation of January 19 as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in King County  
Councilmember Lewis  
Proclamation of January 13 as Korean American Day in King County  
Councilmember Fain, Councilmember von Reichbauer, Councilmember Barón  
Recognition of Dwight Dively for 15 years of distinguished service to King County as Director  
of the Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, as well as his service to the people of King  
County  
Councilmember Dembowski  
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There will be one public hearing on Items 6-7  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Employment and Administration Committee  
Councilmember Barón  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0352  
7.  
A MOTION reappointing Tamer Abouzeid as the director of the office of law enforcement oversight.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
On 11/25/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Employment  
and Administration Committee.  
On 12/2/2025, the Employment and Administration Committee Passed Out of Committee Without  
a Recommendation.  
On 1/6/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0324  
8.  
A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the summary letter and completion of the online annual report  
requirement for the Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy, in accordance with Ordinance  
19604, Section 6.B., and Attachment A to Ordinance 19719, Section IV.H.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
This is a dual referral first to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee and then to the  
Regional Policy Committee.  
This is a nonmandatory referral to the Regional Policy Committee under K.C.C. 1.24.065.I as an  
issue that would benefit from interjurisdictional discussion.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0358  
9.  
A MOTION acknowledging the receipt of the Vanpool Program Update report in compliance with the  
2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 115, Proviso P4.  
Fain  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Reintroductions of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0270  
10.  
AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2025 King County real property asset management plan in response to  
K.C.C. 4.56.350; and amending Ordinance 10810, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.350.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
On 9/9/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0359  
11.  
12.  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of a new lease at an existing location to support the  
operation of public health - Seattle & King County.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0361  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the execution of an amended and restated lease to support the operation  
of public health - Seattle & King County.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0367  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to execute an interlocal agreement with the  
city of North Bend to provide contract municipal police services by the King County sheriff's office.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Law and Justice Committee  
On 12/2/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Law and Justice  
Committee.  
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Reintroductions of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0282  
14.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Kyle Wong, who resides in council district one,  
to the King County waterworks grant ranking committee, as the metropolitan water pollution abatement  
advisory committee, participant sewer district representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 10/7/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0319  
15.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Tyler Morgan, who resides in council district one,  
to the King County solid waste advisory committee, as an agriculture representative.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
On 11/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
16.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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