1200 King County  
Courthouse  
King County  
516 Third Avenue  
Seattle, WA 98104  
Meeting Minutes  
Employment and Administration  
Committee  
Councilmembers: Dave Upthegrove, Chair;  
Girmay Zahilay, Vice-Chair; Teresa Mosqueda, Pete von  
Reichbauer  
Staff: Stephanie Cirkovich, Chief of Staff (206-477-6023)  
Melani Hay: Committee Clerk (206-477-1025)  
2:00 PM  
Tuesday, April 2, 2024  
DRAFT MINUTES  
Hybrid Meeting  
Hybrid Meetings: Attend the Employment and Administration Committee  
meetings in person in the Southwest Conference Room, 516 3rd Avenue  
in Seattle, or through remote access. Details on how to attend the  
meeting remotely are listed below.  
CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR  
Webinar ID: 828 5993 8005  
If you do not have access to the ZOOM application, you can connect to the  
meeting by calling 1 253 215 8782 and using the Webinar ID.  
You have the right to language access services at no cost to you. To  
request these services, please contact our Equity and Social Justice  
Coordinator, Tera Chea at (206) 477-9259 or Tera.Chea2@kingcounty.gov,  
three (3) days prior to the meeting.  
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.  
1.  
2.  
Call to Order  
Chair Upthegrove called the meeting to order at 2:11 p.m.  
Roll Call  
4 - Mosqueda, Upthegrove, von Reichbauer and Zahilay  
Present:  
Meeting Minutes  
April 2, 2024  
Employment and Administration  
Committee  
3.  
Approval of Minutes of March 5, 2024  
Vice Chair Zahilay moved to approve the minutes of the March 5, 2024, meeting as  
presented. Seeing no objection, the Chair so ordered.  
Discussion and Possible Action  
4.  
A MOTION relating to the organization of the council; and amending Motion 15998, Section I, as  
amended, and OR 3-120.  
Upthegrove  
Sponsors:  
Stephanie Cirkovich, Chief of Staff, briefed Amendment 1.  
Kendall Moore, Assistant Chief Legal Counsel, answered questions of the Committee.  
Vice Chair Zahilay moved Amendment 1. The motion carried.  
A motion was made by Councilmember Zahilay that this Motion be  
Recommended Do Pass Substitute. The motion carried by the following vote:  
4 - Mosqueda, Upthegrove, von Reichbauer and Zahilay  
Yes:  
Briefings  
5.  
6.  
Human Resources Update  
Deandra Stanley, Human Resources Manager, briefed the Committee on current  
recruitments.  
Chief of Staff Update  
Stephanie Cirkovich briefed the Committee on an upcoming virtual presentation  
entitled the Science of Hope.  
Meeting Minutes  
April 2, 2024  
Employment and Administration  
Committee  
Other Business  
Adjournment  
The meeting was adjourned at 2:43 p.m.