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September 16, 2025 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items ·REVISED AGENDA - ADDED ITEM 23

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Agenda — 57 items

  1. 1 Hybrid Meetings: Attend King County Council 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. HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY: The Council values community input and looks forward to hearing from you. Testimony must be limited to items listed on the agenda for council action, unless it's the fourth Tuesday of the month, when the Council will hear general comment on matters relating to county government. You are not required to sign up in advance. There are three ways to provide public testimony: 1. In person: You may attend the meeting in person in Council Chambers. 2. By email: You may testify by submitting a COMMENT email. If your testimony is submitted before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the Council meeting, your email testimony will be distributed to the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting. Please submit your testimony by emailing clerk@kingcounty.gov. 3. Remote attendance on the Zoom Webinar: You may provide oral public testimony at the meeting by connecting to the meeting via phone or computer using the ZOOM application at https://zoom.us/, and entering the Webinar ID below.
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  3. 3 CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR Webinar ID: 890 5838 1493 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. Connecting in this manner, however, may impact your ability to be unmuted to speak. 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. If you do not wish to be called upon for public comment during the meeting, please help us manage the callers and use one of the options below (Live Streaming or King County TV Channel 22). HOW TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING: There are several ways to listen to the meeting if you don't wish to provide public testimony: 1. Stream online via this link: https://kingcounty.gov/kctv, or input the link web address into your web browser. 2. Watch King County TV on Comcast Channel 22 and 322(HD), and Astound Broadband Channels 22 and 711 (HD). 3. Listen to the meeting by telephone – See “Connecting to the Webinar” above.
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  5. 1 Call to Order
  6. 2 Roll Call
  7. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
  8. 4 Approval of Minutes of September 9, 2025
  9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
  10. 6 Special Items
  11. 11 Recognition of September 16, 2025, as Mexican Independence Day
  12. 12 Proclamation of September 2025 as National Recovery Month in King County
  13. 13 Recognition of Heather Venegas as the 2025 King County Recovery Champion
  14. 14 Proclamation of September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Latino/a/e Heritage Month in King County
  15. 15 County Service Awards
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  17. 17 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  18. 18 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-16 (Proclamations and Recognitions Only)
  19. 19 Consent Item 7
  20. 7 AN ORDINANCE revising the loan agreement between King County and the Pacific Science Center Foundation. 2025-0260 Passed Pass
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  22. 21 Budget and Fiscal Management
  23. 8 AN ORDINANCE relating to solid waste fees charged at recycling and transfer facilities and at the Cedar Hills regional landfill; and amending Ordinance 12564, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 10.12.021 and establishing an effective date. 2025-0182 Passed as Amended Pass
  24. 9 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. 2025-0212 Deferred
  25. 24 On 9/10/2025, the Regional Policy Committee examined and commented.
  26. 25 Health, Housing, and Human Services
  27. 10 AN ORDINANCE relating to contract management and compliance monitoring protocols for the department of community and human services; and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130. 2025-0266 Deferred
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  29. 29 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  30. 30 Consent Items 11-14
  31. 11 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of a plan for use of the west wing of the King County Correctional Facility as an area to provide alternatives to secure detention services as required by the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 54, Proviso P2. 2025-0220 Passed Pass
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  33. 12 A MOTION approving renewal of contract for assistant chief legal counsel to the King County council. 2025-0256 Passed Pass
  34. 13 A MOTION approving renewal of contract for chief legal counsel to the King County council. 2025-0257 Passed Pass
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  36. 34 Passed On The Consent Agenda Passed Pass
  37. 14 A MOTION confirming the reappointment of Hilary De La Cruz to the citizens' elections oversight committee as a King County registered voter. 2025-0258 Passed Pass
  38. 36 Law and Justice
  39. 15 A MOTION acknowledging receipt of an independent monitoring report on the confinement of juveniles in county detention facilities as required by the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 54, Proviso P3. 2025-0206 Deferred
  40. 38 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 16
  41. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Daniel Martin, who resides in council district eight, to the King County community advisory committee on law enforcement oversight, as a representative from King County sheriff contract cities. 2025-0247 Passed Pass
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  43. 41 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  44. 17 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute fiber optic installation and maintenance agreements. 2025-0141 Introduced and Referred
  45. 18 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. 2025-0278 Introduced and Referred
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  47. 44 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  48. 19 A MOTION approving the 2026 budget and work program for ARCH, A Regional Coalition for Housing. 2025-0272 Introduced and Referred
  49. 20 A MOTION approving the 2026 work plan and 2026 budget for SKHHP, South King Housing and Homelessness Partners. 2025-0273 Introduced and Referred
  50. 21 A MOTION approving the extension of the executive's appointment of Stephen Heard as acting director of the King County department of information technology. 2025-0274 Introduced and Referred
  51. 22 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
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  53. 49 Other Business
  54. 50 Added Item 23
  55. 51 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  56. 23 AN ORDINANCE relating to department of community and human services contracting capacity; and amending Ordinance 11955, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.130. 2025-0283 Introduced and Referred
  57. 53 Adjournment