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Meeting Minutes  
Health and Human Services  
Committee  
Councilmembers:  
Teresa Mosqueda, Chair;  
Sarah Perry, Vice-Chair;  
Jorge Barón, Girmay Zahilay  
Lead Staff: Sam Porter (206-263-2708)  
Committee Clerk: Angelica Calderon (206-477-0874)  
9:30 AM  
Tuesday, February 6, 2024  
REVISED AGENDA  
Room 1001  
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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.  
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Meeting Minutes  
February 6, 2024  
Health and Human Services  
Committee  
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1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Mosqueda called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m.  
Roll Call  
4 - Barón, Mosqueda, Perry and Zahilay  
Present:  
3.  
Public Comment  
No individuals were present to provide public comment.  
Briefing  
4.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0027  
Health and Human Services related budget cuts  
Meeting Minutes  
February 6, 2024  
Health and Human Services  
Committee  
Dwight Dively, Director, Office of Performance, Strategy, and Budget briefed the  
Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions from the members.  
This matter was Presented  
Discussion and Possible Action  
5.  
Proposed Motion No. 2023-0400  
A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Mustafa Mohammed, who resides in council  
district five, to the King County behavioral health advisory board.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
Sam Porter, Council staff, briefed Committee on the legislation and answered  
questions from the members. Mustafa Mohammed, appointee to the King County  
behavioral health advisory board was present to comment and answer questions from  
the members.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Perry that this Motion be  
Recommended Do Pass Consent. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Barón, Mosqueda and Perry  
1 - Zahilay  
Yes:  
Excused:  
Briefing  
6.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0016  
Briefing on Proposed Ordinance 2024-0011 Crisis Care Centers Levy Implementation Plan  
Leo Flor, Director, Department of Community and Human Services, Susan McLaughlin,  
Behavioral Health and Recovery Division Director, Kate Baber, Crisis Care Centers  
Implementation Plan Director and Matt Goldman, Medical Director, Crisis Care Centers  
Initiative, briefed the Committee via PowerPoint presentation and answered questions  
from the members.  
This matter was Presented  
7.  
8.  
Briefing No. 2024-B0026  
Best Starts for Kids Report on the True Cost of Child Care  
This matter was Deferred  
Briefing No. 2024-B0018  
Health and Human Services Committee Work Plan Discussion  
This matter was Deferred  
Other Business  
Meeting Minutes  
February 6, 2024  
Health and Human Services  
Committee  
There was no other business to come before the committee.  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m.