1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Government Accountability and  
Oversight Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Pete von Reichbauer, Chair;  
Reagan Dunn, Vice Chair;  
Teresa Mosqueda, Sarah Perry  
Lead Staff: Melissa Bailey (206-263-0114)  
Co-Lead Staff: Gene Paul (206-477-9378)  
Committee Clerk: Blake Wells (206-263-1617)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, May 13, 2025  
DRAFT MINUTES  
Hybrid Meeting  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Roll Call  
Chair von Reichbauer called the meeting to order at 9:31 AM.  
4 - von Reichbauer, Dunn, Mosqueda and Perry  
Present:  
3.  
Approval of Minutes  
Councilmember Mosqueda moved approval of the March 11, 2025 meeting minutes.  
There being no objections, the minutes were approved.  
Briefing  
4.  
Briefing No. 2025-B0075  
King County Sheriff’s Office Fire Investigation Unit Update  
Dustin Frederick, Business Manager, Public Safety Employees Union 519, and Patti  
Cole-Tindall, King County briefed the committee and answered questions from the  
members.  
This matter was presented.  
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Discussion and Possible Action  
5.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0086  
AN ORDINANCE relating to King County district court electoral district boundaries for 2025; and  
amending Ordinance 16803, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.12.050.  
Erica Newman, Council staff, Julie Wise, Director, King County Elections, and the  
Honorable Rebecca Robertson, Chief Presiding Judge, King County District Court,  
briefed the committee and answered questions from the members.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Perry that this Ordinance be  
recommended do pass consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - von Reichbauer, Dunn, Mosqueda and Perry  
Yes:  
6.  
Proposed Ordinance No. 2025-0085  
AN ORDINANCE relating to the personnel system; amending Ordinance 9088, Section 1, and K.C.C.  
3.12.005, Ordinance 12014, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 6,  
and K.C.C. 3.12.020, Ordinance 12014, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.040, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 8, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.042, Ordinance 12014, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.12.044, Ordinance 12014, Section 10, and K.C.C. 3.12.050, Ordinance 12014, Section 11, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.060, Ordinance 4324, Section 14, and K.C.C. 3.12.080, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 12, and K.C.C. 3.12.090, Ordinance 12014, Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.100,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.110, Ordinance 12014, Section 15, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.120, Ordinance 12014, Section 34, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.123,  
Ordinance 12077, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.125, Ordinance 4324, Section 38, and  
K.C.C. 3.12.140, Ordinance 12014, Section 18, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.180, Ordinance 18572,  
Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.184, Ordinance 12014, Section 36, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.12.188, Ordinance 12014, Section 19, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.190, Ordinance 12052, Section 1,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.210, Ordinance 12014, Section 20, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.215,  
Ordinance 18408, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.219, Ordinance 12014, Section 21, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.220, Ordinance 18191, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.12.221, Ordinance 15558,  
Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.222, Ordinance 12014, Section 22, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.12.223, Ordinance 13743, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.224, Ordinance 7956, Section 6,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.225, Ordinance 19563, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.227,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 23, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.230, Ordinance 12077, Section 5, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.240, Ordinance 12014, Section 25, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.250,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 26, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.260, Ordinance 9967, Section 2, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.262, Ordinance 12014, Section 27, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.270,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 28, and K.C.C. 3.12.280, Ordinance 12014, Section 29, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.12.290, Ordinance 12014, Section 30, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.300, Ordinance 4324,  
Section 9, and K.C.C. 3.12.310, Ordinance 12014, Section 31, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.330,  
Ordinance 12498, Sections 1, 4-7, and K.C.C. 3.12.335, Ordinance 12014, Section 32, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.12.350, Ordinance 12014, Section 33, and K.C.C. 3.12.360, Ordinance 16640, Section 3, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.400, Ordinance 12943, Section 13, and K.C.C. 3.12A.010, Ordinance 12943,  
Section 14, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12A.020, Ordinance 12943, Section 15, and K.C.C. 3.12A.030,  
Ordinance 12943, Section 16, and K.C.C. 3.12A.040, Ordinance 12943, Section 17, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.12A.050, Ordinance 12943, Section 18, and K.C.C. 3.12A.060, Ordinance 18696, Section 2,  
and K.C.C. 3.12S.010, Ordinance 12014, Section 46, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.14.010, Ordinance  
8179, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.14.020, Ordinance 12014, Section 47, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.14.030,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 48, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.14.040, Ordinance 1282, Section 6, as  
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amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.060, Ordinance 12014, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.020,  
Ordinance 12014, Section 54, and K.C.C. 3.15.110, Ordinance 12014, Section 51, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.15.025, Ordinance 14233, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.120, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 52, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.030, Ordinance 14233, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.15.130, Ordinance 14233, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.140, Ordinance 1780, Section 3,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.050, Ordinance 197, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.010,  
Ordinance 11480, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.16.012, Ordinance 10631, Section 2, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.16.015, Ordinance 197, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.020, Ordinance 11480,  
Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.025, Ordinance 8658, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.16.040, Ordinance 12014, Section 55, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.050, Ordinance 14287, Section 5,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.055, Ordinance 13000, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.16.060,  
Ordinance 1902, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.28.010, Ordinance 12077, Section 12, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.010, Ordinance 11183, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.30.020, Ordinance 10930,  
Sections 3-4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.030, Ordinance 12077, Section 14, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.30.050, Ordinance 12077, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.060, Ordinance 10930,  
Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.30.070, Ordinance 8575, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.36.010, Ordinance 8575, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020, Ordinance 8575, Section 3, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.030, Ordinance 17332, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.36.035, Ordinance 16035,  
Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.045, Ordinance 16035, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.36.055, Ordinance 16035, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.065, Ordinance 16035, Section 8,  
as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.075, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.15, adding a new section to  
K.C.C. chapter 3.30, recodifying K.C.C. 3.15.060, K.C.C. 3.15.110, K.C.C. 3.15.120, K.C.C. 3.15.130,  
K.C.C. 3.15.140, K.C.C. 3.15.145, and K.C.C. 3.15.135, repealing Ordinance 4324, Section 7, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.030, Ordinance 12014, Section 16, and K.C.C. 3.12.130, Ordinance 4324,  
Section 37, and K.C.C. 3.12.150, Ordinance 4324, Section 34, and K.C.C. 3.12.160, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 17, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.170, Ordinance 11149, Sections 1-4, as amended, and  
K.C.C. 3.12.187, Ordinance 14591, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.218, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 24, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.12.247, Ordinance 4324, Section 33, as amended, and K.C.C.  
3.12.320, Ordinance 4324, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.12.340, Ordinance 9498, Section 14, and K.C.C.  
3.12.365, Ordinance 1282, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.040, Ordinance 1282, Section 7, as  
amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.070, Ordinance 8299, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.15.080, Ordinance 12014,  
Section 53, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.100, Ordinance 16818, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.15.150,  
Ordinance 16818, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.160, Ordinance 16818, Section 3, and  
K.C.C. 3.15.170, and Ordinance 16818, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.15.180, and establishing  
an expiration date.  
Gene Paul, Council staff, briefed the committee and answered questions from the  
members. Jay Osborne, Director, Department of Human Resources, and Denise  
Pruitt, Chief of Policy & Legislation, Department of Human Resources, also answered  
questions from the members.  
This matter was deferred.  
Other Business  
There was no other business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 10:46 AM.