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September 9, 2025 ·1:30 PM Final Without Extra Items

Hybrid Meeting

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Agenda — 46 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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  4. 3 CONNECTING TO THE WEBINAR Webinar ID: 830 3407 1240 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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  6. 1 Call to Order
  7. 2 Roll Call
  8. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
  9. 4 Approval of Minutes of September 2, 2025
  10. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
  11. 6 Special Items
  12. 11 Legislative Branch Service Awards
  13. 12 Proclamation of September 15 to 21, 2025, as Diaper Need Awareness Week in King County
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  15. 14 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
  16. 15 There will be one public hearing on Items 6 (Proclamation Only) and 7-10.
  17. 16 Budget and Fiscal Management
  18. 7 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 Deferred
  19. 18 First Reading of and Action on Emergency Ordinances without Referral to Committee
  20. 8 AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules and order of business; amending Ordinance 11683, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035; and declaring an emergency. 2025-0275 Passed Pass
  21. 20 SUBJECT TO A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING LESS THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER FIRST READING PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.095 AND A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO TAKE ACTION WITHOUT REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE PURSUANT TO K.C.C. 1.24.085
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  23. 22 Motions, from Standing Committees and Regional Committees and Motions related to Collective Bargaining, for Council Action
  24. 23 Consent Item 9
  25. 9 A MOTION confirming the appointment of John Rodriquez to the citizens' elections oversight committee as a representative of the Spanish-speaking community. 2025-0259 Passed Pass
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  27. 25 Reappointment Consent Agenda Item 10
  28. 10 A MOTION confirming the executive's reappointment of Bilan Aden, who resides in council district five, to the King County Communities of Opportunity-Best Starts for Kids levy advisory board, as a community member who reflects demographic characteristics of the communities that qualify for funding in accordance with Communities of Opportunity funding guidelines and who are grassroots organizers or activists in those communities or who live in or have worked in those communities. 2025-0243 Passed Pass
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  30. 28 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
  31. 11 AN ORDINANCE revising the loan agreement between King County and the Pacific Science Center Foundation. 2025-0260 Introduced and Referred
  32. 12 AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Redmond Water System Plan dated May 2025. 2025-0269 Introduced and Referred
  33. 13 AN ORDINANCE adopting the 2025 King County real property asset management plan in response to K.C.C. 4.56.350; and amending Ordinance 10810, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.350. 2025-0270 Introduced and Referred
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  35. 14 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute an amendment to an agreement approved under Ordinance 19821 with the Washington state Department of Ecology for loan financing for a wastewater capital project. 2025-0271 Introduced and Referred
  36. 15 An ORDINANCE approving the grant funding allocation for the council-designated projects funded through the WaterWorks grant program, for the 2025 cycle, in accordance with Ordinance 18031, Section 1 as amended, and the 2025 Annual Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 19861, Section 114, as amended by Ordinance 19956, Section 59. 2025-0276 Introduced and Referred
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  38. 35 First Reading and Referral of Motions
  39. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Yessica Osorio Duran, who resides in council district five, to the King County children and youth advisory board, as a youth representative. 2025-0239 Introduced and Referred
  40. 17 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Megan Walsh, who resides in council district three, to the King County children and youth advisory board. 2025-0240 Introduced and Referred
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  42. 18 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Jeni Johnson, who resides in council district eight, to the King County mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee, as a representative of unincorporated King County. 2025-0254 Introduced and Referred
  43. 19 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Luz Escalante, who resides in council district five, to the King County immigrant and refugee commission. 2025-0261 Introduced and Referred
  44. 20 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
  45. 41 Other Business
  46. 42 Adjournment