1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Agenda  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Girmay Zahilay, Chair;  
Rod Dembowski, Vice Chair;  
Claudia Balducci, Jorge Barón, Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry  
Lead Staff: April Sanders (206-263-3412)  
Committee Clerk: Gabbi Williams (206-477-7470)  
9:30 AM  
Wednesday, January 8, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council committee 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.  
Pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.035 A. and F., this meeting is also noticed as a meeting of the  
Metropolitan King County Council, whose agenda is limited to the committee business. In this  
meeting only the rules and procedures applicable to committees apply and not those  
applicable to full council meetings.  
HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT: The Budget and Fiscal Management Committee  
values community input and looks forward to hearing from you on agenda items.  
There are three ways to provide public comment:  
1. In person: You may attend the meeting and provide comment in the Council Chambers.  
2. By email: You may comment in writing on current agenda items by submitting your email  
comments to kcccomitt@kingcounty.gov. If your email is received by 8:00 a.m. on the day of the  
meeting, your email comments will be distributed to the committee members and appropriate  
staff prior to the meeting.  
3. Remote attendance at the meeting by phone or computer (see "Connecting to the  
Webinar" below).  
You may provide oral comment on current agenda items during the meeting’s public comment  
period.  
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You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To request these services,  
please contact Language Access Coordinator, Tera Chea at 206-477-9259 or email  
tera.chea2@kingcounty.gov by 8:00 a.m. three business days prior to the meeting.  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR:  
Webinar ID: 867 1228 9077  
Via phone by calling 1-253-215-8782 and using the webinar ID above.  
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3)  
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To help us manage the meeting, if you do not wish to be called upon for public comment  
please use the Livestream or King County TV options listed above, if possible, to watch or  
listen to the meeting.  
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2.  
3.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Approval of Minutes  
December 2, 2024 meeting  
4.  
Public Comment  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
5.  
AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special  
election to be held in King County on April 22, 2025, of a proposition to reauthorize an expired regular  
property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive  
seven year period beginning in 2026 at the rate of not more than $0.0275 per one thousand dollars of  
assessed valuation, with the 2026 levy amount being the base for computing maximum allowable levy  
amounts under chapter 84.55 RCW for years two through seven (2027-2032), for the purpose funding  
the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system, also known as  
AFIS, which maintains expanded crime scene and arrest identification technology and services for all  
local criminal justice agencies in King County.  
Zahilay and von Reichbauer  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff  
Erica Newman, Council staff  
Contingent upon referral to the Budget and Fiscal Management Committee.  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
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