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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, July 22, 2025  
Hybrid Meeting  
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Metropolitan King County Council  
Meeting Minutes  
July 22, 2025  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
The meeting was called to order at 1:31 p.m.  
Roll Call  
9 -  
Present:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer and Zahilay  
3.  
4.  
Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance  
Councilmember Barón led the flag salute and Pledge of Allegiance.  
Approval of Minutes of July 15, 2025  
Councilmember Perry moved to approve the minutes of the July 15, 2025, meeting as  
presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
5.  
6.  
Additions to the Council Agenda  
Item 20. 2025-0218 was added for First Reading and Referral to the Transportation,  
Economy and Environment Committee.  
Special Item  
Recognition of Captain Dan Krehbiel upon his retirement from King  
County Water Taxi  
Councilmember Mosqueda and Councilmember Quinn made remarks, introduced  
Captain Dan Krehbiel, Marine Captain, Metro Transit Department-Vessel Operations,  
King County Water Taxi, Ernest Kandilige, Deputy General Manager, Metro Transit  
Department, Terry Federer, Metro Transit Department-Marine Division, Marine Division  
Director, and read the recognition. Captain Dan Krehbiel made remarks and thanked  
the Council. Ernest Kandilige made remarks and thanked the Council. Terry Federer  
made remarks and thanked the Council.  
7.  
Public Comment  
The following people spoke:  
Mary Ellen Stone  
Kate Garvey  
Hali Willis  
Nathan Phillips  
Nela Cumming  
Sarah Dickmeyer  
Marta Kidane  
Bailey de longh  
Mike Heinisch  
Brandi McNeil  
Chad Vaculin  
Marsha Wright-Soika  
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Lydia Joelle O'Taylor  
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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 6-12  
Consent Item 8  
8.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0164  
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:  
The enacted number is 19957.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Ordinance be Passed on the Consent Agenda.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
Budget and Fiscal Management  
9.  
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:  
The enacted number is 19958.  
Nick Bowman, Policy Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dembowski that this Ordinance be Passed. The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
8 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von Reichbauer,  
and Zahilay  
1 - Dunn  
No:  
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Transportation, Economy, and Environment  
10.  
Proposed Substitute Ordinance No. 2025-0176.2  
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the King County executive to enter into an agreement with respect to the  
purchase of the landfill gas processing plant located at the Cedar Hills regional landfill.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 19959.  
John Taylor, Director, Department of Natural Resources and Parks, briefed the Council  
and answered questions.  
Terra Rose, Policy Staff, briefed the Council and answered questions.  
Lindy Honaker, Special Projects Manager II, Department of Natural Resources and  
Parks-Solid Waste Division, Director's Office, briefed the Council and answered  
questions.  
Councilmember Quinn moved Amendment 1. The motion carried.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Quinn that this Ordinance be Passed as Amended. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional  
Committees and Motions related to Collective  
Bargaining, for Council Action  
Consent Item 11  
11.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0148  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Marsha Matsumoto, who resides in council district  
four, to the King County board of ethics.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16849.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Perry that this Motion be Passed on the Consent Agenda. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
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First Reading of and Action on Motions Without Referral  
to Committee  
12.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0219  
A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for the November 4, 2025,  
election regarding Ordinance 19950 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County,  
at special election on November 4, 2025, of a proposition to continue funding for the countywide Medic  
One emergency medical services system by authorizing a regular property tax levy for a consecutive six  
year period, for collection beginning in 2026, at a rate of $0.25 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation,  
to provide for Medic One emergency medical services.  
Dunn  
Sponsors:  
The enacted number is 16850.  
Councilmember Perry made a motion to suspend the rules to take action without  
referral to committee pursuant to K.C.C. 1.24.085. Seeing no objection, the Chair so  
ordered.  
A Public Hearing was held and closed. A motion was made by  
Councilmember Dunn that this Motion be Passed. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
9 -  
Yes:  
Balducci, Barón, Dembowski, Dunn, Mosqueda, Perry, Quinn, von  
Reichbauer, and Zahilay  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
13.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0212  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the levy collection of the sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for  
the delivery of behavioral health services and therapeutic courts authorized by RCW 82.14.460;  
continuing the sales and use tax; adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.500, establishing an  
effective date, and establishing an expiration date.  
Dembowski  
Sponsors:  
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.  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Budget and Fiscal  
Management Committee.  
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14.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0216  
AN ORDINANCE related to civil immigration enforcement; amending Ordinance 18665, Section 1, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 2.15.005, and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.15.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Law and Justice  
Committee.  
First Reading and Referral of Motions  
15.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0170  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jonathan Deex, who resides in council district  
nine, to the King County community advisory committee on law enforcement oversight, as a  
representative from King County sheriff contract cities.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Law and Justice  
Committee.  
16.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0196  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Daisy Wong, who resides in council district nine,  
to the King County human and civil rights commission.  
Barón  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Law and Justice  
Committee.  
17.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0199  
A MOTION accepting the King County Clean Water Healthy Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2025 in  
accordance with Ordinance 19881, Section 377.  
Perry  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Local Services and  
Land Use Committee.  
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18.  
Proposed Motion No. 2025-0204  
A MOTION accepting the King County 30-Year Forest Plan in accordance with Ordinance 19881,  
Section 377.  
Quinn and Perry  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Local Services and  
Land Use Committee.  
19.  
Reports on Special and Outside Committees  
No reports were given.  
Other Business  
First Reading and Referral of Ordinances  
20.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0218  
AN ORDINANCE outlining the intended sequencing of steps to acquire property interests needed for the  
RapidRide I Line project; and authorizing the condemnation of real property to obtain fee title,  
easements, and other rights in property for the construction of the RapidRide I Line in the cities of  
Renton, Kent, and Auburn.  
Quinn  
Sponsors:  
This matter had its first reading and was referred to the Transportation,  
Economy, and Environment Committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 3:22 p.m.