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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, June 10, 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: 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).  
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don't wish to provide public testimony:  
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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 Dembowski  
4.  
Approval of Minutes of June 3, 2025  
Councilmember Perry  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Special Item  
Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Awards  
Council Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 8  
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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 7-11  
Consent Items 7  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0089  
7.  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an airspace lease agreement with the  
Washington state Department of Transportation for land and facilities in the State Route 520  
interchange at Montlake Boulevard for a term of twenty years with the possibility of two twenty-year  
extensions; and to take all actions necessary to implement the terms of the lease.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
On 3/25/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Budget and  
Fiscal Management Committee.  
On 5/28/2025, the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and  
Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Items 8-9  
Councilmember Perry  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0136  
8.  
A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Stephen Heard as acting director  
of the King County department of information technology.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 5/13/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 5/27/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.  
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Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2025-0140.2  
9.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Matthew Sanders as county public defender.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 5/20/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 5/27/2025, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Substitute Consent.  
Committee of the Whole  
Councilmember Balducci  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0088  
10.  
A MOTION adopting the King County 2025 Federal Legislative Priorities.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
On 3/18/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
On 3/25/2025, the Committee of the Whole Passed Out of Committee Without a Recommendation.  
On 4/1/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
On 4/15/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0146  
11.  
A MOTION confirming the appointment of Charles Parkins as director of the juvenile division with the  
department of adult and juvenile detention.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 5/27/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the  
Whole.  
SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO RELIEVE THE COMMITTEE OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION  
PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.125  
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First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0158  
12.  
AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 19862, adopted by the council on November 19, 2024, which  
authorized the issuance of limited tax general obligation bonds of the county; and amending Ordinance  
19862, Sections 1, 2, 4, 13, 17, and 19 and repealing Ordinance 19862, Attachment B.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0159  
13.  
AN ORDINANCE making a net supplemental appropriation of $103,171,000 to various general fund  
agencies, a net supplemental appropriation of $140,221,000 to various non-general fund agencies and  
a net supplemental appropriation of $173,447,701 from various capital fund budgets; and amending the  
2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Sections 16, 18, 20, 29, 32, 33, 35, 41, 42, 42, 45,  
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 64, 71, 80, 90, 90, 94, 97, 98, 103, 104, 107, 109, 109, 110, 114,  
115, 115, 121, 123, and 130, as amended, and Attachment A, as amended, and adding new section to  
Ordinance 19861.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0163  
14.  
AN ORDINANCE that adopts the Harborview Medical Center 2026 Capital Improvement Program  
Annual Budget for the year ending June 30, 2026, and makes appropriations for the capital  
improvements for the Harborview Medical Center.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0164  
15.  
16.  
17.  
AN ORDINANCE relating to existing regional transportation boards, including the SeaShore  
Transportation Forum, the Eastside Transportation Partnership, and the South County Area  
Transportation Board; authorizing the executive to enter into agreements for their continuation and  
committing to King County staff support through 2028.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0166  
AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and  
between King County and the Professional and Technical Employees, Local 17, representing transit  
administrative support employees in the Metro transit department; and establishing the effective date of  
said agreement.  
Zahilay  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0169  
AN ORDINANCE imposing an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent, as authorized  
in Section 201, Chapter 350, Laws of Washington 2025 for criminal justice purposes; providing for the  
use of the sales and use tax proceeds for eligible expenditures; and adding a new section to K.C.C.  
chapter 4A.500.  
Zahilay and Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
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First Reading and Referral of Motions  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0157  
18.  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Eric Ballentine, who resides in council district  
five, to the King County veterans advisory board.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0168  
19.  
A MOTION relating to public transportation, approving the 2025 King County Metro Transit Title VI  
Program Report.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
First Reading and Referral to the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee  
20.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
Other Business  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0162  
21.  
A MOTION expressing no confidence in the ability of John Arthur Wilson to continue to carry out the  
duties of King County assessor and calling for John Arthur Wilson's immediate resignation.  
Balducci  
Sponsors:  
On 6/3/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Deferred.  
On 6/3/2025, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Metropolitan King  
County Council.  
Adjournment  
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