Agenda - Metropolitan King County Council

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King County

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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, June 16, 2026

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

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the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony

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meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at

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CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR

Webinar ID: 873 0459 1515

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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Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2026-0073.2

AN ORDINANCE relating to organization of administrative offices and executive departments; and

amending Ordinance 17402, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.10.400, Ordinance 12550, Section 2, as

amended, and K.C.C. 2.14.020, Ordinance 18665, Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.15.030, Ordinance 20048,

Section 6, and K.C.C. 2.15.060, Ordinance 18665, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.100,

Ordinance 12075, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.025, Ordinance 18793, Section 3, as

amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.036, Ordinance 11955, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.055,

Ordinance 18086, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.136, Ordinance 12076, Section 38, as

amended, and K.C.C. 2.21.040, Ordinance 19770, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.31.030, Ordinance 17699,

Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.100, Ordinance 12901, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C.

2.41.030, Ordinance 18811, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.42.150, Ordinance 18798, Section 2, as

amended, and K.C.C. 2.47.010, Ordinance 12058, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.55.010,

Ordinance 18653, Section 3, and K.C.C. 2.78.020, Ordinance 18653, Section 8, and K.C.C. 2.78.070,

Ordinance 16077, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.130.010, Ordinance 19008, Section 7, as

amended, and K.C.C. 2.150.050, Ordinance 12014, Section 32, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.350,

Ordinance 12943, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12A.020, Ordinance 18757, Section 4, as

amended, and K.C.C. 3.12D.020, Ordinance 8658, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.040,

Ordinance 14287, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.055, Ordinance 12076, Section 2, as

amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.020, Ordinance 12076, Section 35, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.10.050,

Ordinance 17293, Section 90, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.10.495, Ordinance 12045, Section 23, as

amended, and K.C.C. 4A.100.040, Ordinance 17929, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C.

4A.100.070, Ordinance 17929, Section 21, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.100.080, Ordinance 620,

Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.100.100, Ordinance 12076, Section 4, as amended, and

K.C.C. 4A.110.010, Ordinance 17930, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.130.020, Ordinance

15556, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.190, Ordinance 19841, Section 1, and K.C.C.

4A.200.213, Ordinance 19786, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4A.200.266, Ordinance 18662, Section 5, and

K.C.C. 4A.200.317, Ordinance 18938, Section 1, and K.C.C. 4A.200.405, Ordinance 15961, Section 1,

as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.570, Ordinance 17527, Section 69, and K.C.C. 4A.200.580,

Ordinance 12076, Section 27, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.590, Ordinance 14596, Section 1, as

amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.620, Ordinance 10159, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 6.27A.120,

Ordinance 13981, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.010, Ordinance 13981, Section 4, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.030, Ordinance 13981, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.040,

Ordinance 13981, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.050, Ordinance 13981, Section 7, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.060, Ordinance 13981, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.070,

Ordinance 13981, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.080, Ordinance 13981, Section 10, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.17.090, Ordinance 7430, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.020,

Ordinance 7430, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.040, Ordinance 7430, Section 5, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.050, Ordinance 7430, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.060,

Ordinance 7430, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.070, Ordinance 7430, Section 8, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.080, Ordinance 15399, Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.085,

Ordinance 7430, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.090, Ordinance 13263, Section 52, as

amended, and K.C.C. 12.18.097, Ordinance 19762, Section 12, and K.C.C. 12.18B.030, Ordinance

5280, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.020, Ordinance 5280, Section 4, as amended, and

K.C.C. 12.20.070, Ordinance 5280, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.080, Ordinance 5280,

Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.090, Ordinance 10469, Section 11, as amended, and

K.C.C. 12.20.095, Ordinance 5280, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.100, Ordinance 5280,

Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.120, Ordinance 10469, Section 13, as amended, and

K.C.C. 12.20.122, Ordinance 10469, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.124, Ordinance

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10469, Section 16, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.20.133, Ordinance 13263, Section 53, as amended,

and K.C.C. 12.20.150, Ordinance 8625, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.020, Ordinance

8625, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.040, Ordinance 8625, Section 5, as amended, and

K.C.C. 12.22.050, Ordinance 8625, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.060, Ordinance 8625,

Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.070, Ordinance 8625, Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C.

12.22.080, Ordinance 15399, Section 59, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.085, Ordinance 8625,

Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.22.090, Ordinance 15399, Section 54, as amended, and

K.C.C. 12.22.095, Ordinance 13147, Section 27, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.18.110, Ordinance 4461,

Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.22.040, Ordinance 19881, Section 164, and K.C.C.

21A.08.055, Ordinance 10870, Section 337, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.08.100, Ordinance 14045,

Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.14.225, Ordinance 16267, Section 62, as amended, and

K.C.C. 21A.28.154, Ordinance 17287, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 21A.55.105, and Ordinance

8867, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 26.12.010 and repealing Ordinance 15378, Section 6, as

amended, and K.C.C. 1.36.060.

Dembowski

Sponsors:

On 4/21/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the

Whole.

On 4/28/2026, the Committee of the Whole Deferred.

On 5/26/2026, the Committee of the Whole Passed Out of Committee Without a Recommendation.

Public Hearing Required

Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and

Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action

Consent Items 7-9

Councilmember Barón

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0081

A MOTION confirming the appointment of Susan McLaughlin as director of the King County department

of community and human services.

Mosqueda and Dembowski

Sponsors:

On 4/21/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Committee of the

Whole.

On 6/8/2026, the Committee of the Whole Recommended Do Pass Consent.

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Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2026-0129.2

A MOTION confirming the appointment of Cynthia McNabb to the citizens' elections oversight

committee as a representative sponsored by a junior taxing district or a city with a population of under

twenty thousand.

Perry

Sponsors:

On 5/26/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Employment and

Administration Committee.

On 6/2/2026, the Employment and Administration Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute

Consent.

Proposed Substitute Motion No. 2026-0130.2

A MOTION confirming the appointment of Steve Cho to the citizens' elections oversight committee as a

representative of the Korean-speaking community.

Perry

Sponsors:

On 5/26/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Employment and

Administration Committee.

On 6/2/2026, the Employment and Administration Committee Recommended Do Pass Substitute

Consent.

Health, Housing, and Human Services

Councilmember Mosqueda

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0111

10.

A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a report on maintaining Medicaid retention in King County, in

accordance with the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 20023, Section 17, Proviso P9.

Mosqueda

Sponsors:

On 5/26/2026, the Metropolitan King County Council Introduced and Referred to Health, Housing,

and Human Services Committee.

On 6/2/2026, the Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee Recommended Do Pass.

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Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 11

Councilmember Barón

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0140

11.

A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Leah Tischler, who resides in council district

four, to the King County solid waste advisory committee, representing a public interest group.

Barón

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral of Ordinances

Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0147

12.

AN ORDINANCE adopting the King County 2026-2029 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative

Action Plan.

Barón

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole

Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0151

13.

AN ORDINANCE approving an application for current use assessment for public benefit rating system,

submitted by Jeremy and Kristin Tinder, Meredith Mullaley and Gregory Bilsland and Kathleen King for

properties located at 6505, 6603 and 6515 282nd Avenue SE, Issaquah, WA 98027, designated

department of natural resources and parks, water and land resources division file no. E25CT024.

Perry

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Hearing Examiner

Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0154

14.

AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Coalition Labor Agreement negotiated by and between

King County and the King County Coalition of Unions representing employees in the King County

sheriff's office; and establishing the effective date of the agreements.

Perry

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Metropolitan King County Council

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First Reading and Referral of Motions

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0122

15.

A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Sandra Pailca, who resides in council district

four, to the board of ethics, filling an executive-nominated position.

Barón

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0123

16.

A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Nancy Salguero McKay, who resides in council

district seven, to the King County cultural development authority (4Culture), as an executive at-large

representative.

von Reichbauer

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Committee of the Whole

Proposed Motion No. 2026-0124

17.

A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Ranil Herath, who resides in council district nine,

to the King County Library System board of trustees.

Dunn

Sponsors:

First Reading and Referral to the Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

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