1200 King County

Courthouse

King County

516 Third Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

Meeting Minutes

Panel 3 – Health, Housing, and Human

Services

Chair: Teresa Mosqueda

Members: Jorge Barón, Rod Dembowski

Panel Lead: Gene Paul (206-477-9378)

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

9:00 AM

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Hybrid meeting

DRAFT MINUTES - SPECIAL MEETING

Call to Order

Roll Call

Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.

3 - Mosqueda, Barón and Dembowski

Present:

Briefing

Briefing No. 2025-B0150

Briefing on Community and Human Services and Public Health in the Proposed 2026-2027 Biennial

Budget

Aaron Rubardt, Deputy Budget Director, Office of Performance, Strategy, and Budget,

Kelly Rider, Director, Department of Community and Human Services, Michael

Gedeon, Chief Administrative Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County, briefed

the committee via a PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the

members.

This matter was Presented

Briefing No. 2025-B0140

Briefing on Proposed 2026-2027 Biennial Budget - Health, Housing, and Human Services

Gene Paul, Panel Lead, gave an overview of the process. The following Council staff

briefed the committee and answered questions from the members: Jeff Muhm,

Miranda Leskinen, Gene Paul, Olivia Brey, and Sam Porter. Also addressing the panel

and answering questions from the members was Aaron Rubardt, Deputy Budget

Director, Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget, King County Executive.

The following budgets were on consent:

County Council, Council Administration, Hearing Examiner, County Auditor, Ombuds

Tax Advisor, King County Civic Television, Board of Appeals, County Executive, Office

of Labor Relations, Executive Services Administration, GF Transfer to DES, State

Auditor, Boundary Review Board, GF Transfer to DCHS, and GF Transfer to DPH.

Meeting Minutes

October 9, 2025

Panel 3 – Health, Housing, and

Human Services

The following budgets were discussed:

Office of the Executive - Move to Budget Leadership Team (BLT)

Cultural Access - Close

Arts and Culture Transfer - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Building 4Equity Advance - Close

Tourism - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Cultural Development Authority - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Emergency Medical Svcs - Close

Radio Communications Services - Close

Radio Comm SRVS CIP Fund - Close

Community Services Operating - Move to BLT

Employment Education Resource - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Developmental Disabilities - Close

Best Start for Kids Levy - Close

Puget Sound Taxpayer Accountability Account - Open to the October 16th Budget

Panel 3 meeting

Veterans Services - Close

Veterans Seniors and Human Services Levy - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel

3 meeting

Community and Human Services Administration - Open to the October 16th Budget

Panel 3 meeting

Housing and Community Development - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3

meeting

Health Through Housing - Close

DCHS Technology Capital Fund - Close

Housing and Homeless Program - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Environmental Health Services - Close

Hospital Levy - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

HMC Capital Program 2020 Prop 1 - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

County Hospital Capital - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting

Harborview Constr and Infrastructure - Open to the October 16th Budget Panel 3

meeting

The following budgets were deferred until the October 16th Budget Panel 3 meeting:

Public Health

Behavioral Health

Public Health Administration

BHASO Admin and Services

Crisis Care Centers

Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Fund

District Court MIDD

Judicial Admin MIDD

Prosecuting Attorney MIDD

Superior Court MIDD

Public Defender MIDD

Medical Examiner

FMD Broadway Ctr Administration

This matter was Deferred