Metropolitan King County Council

Hybrid Meeting

Agenda — 41 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: 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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5. 1 Call to Order
6. 2 Roll Call
7. 3 Flag Salute and Pledge of Allegiance
8. 4 Approval of Minutes of October 1, 2024, and Revised Minutes of September 17, 2024
9. 5 Additions to the Council Agenda
10. 6 Special Item
11. 11 Recognition of the King County Regional Mental Health Court on its 25th anniversary
12. 12 Proclamation of October 2024 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month in King County
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14. 14 Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinances from Standing Committees and Regional Committees, and of Ordinances related to Collective Bargaining
15. 15 There will be one public hearing on Items 6-10
16. 16 Consent Item 7
17. 7 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the executive to execute the amended and restated interlocal agreement for the establishment of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, a joint or cooperative undertaking with the city of Seattle and with such public agencies as are eligible under the terms of the interlocal agreement and applicable law. 2024-0257 Passed Pass
18. 18 Budget and Fiscal Management
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20. 8 AN ORDINANCE authorizing the condemnation of real property to obtain easements, and other rights in property for the construction of the Rapid Ride I Line in the city of Renton. 2024-0226 Passed as Amended Pass
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22. 9 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Technical Employees' Association, representing capital division staff employees in the Metro transit department and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0326 Passed Pass
23. 10 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiated by and between King County and the King County Police Officers Guild, representing commissioned deputies and sergeants in the King County sheriff's office, and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0327 Passed Pass
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25. 24 First Reading and Referral of Ordinances
26. 11 AN ORDINANCE documenting approval of the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth judge positions of the King County superior court. 2024-0311 Introduced and Referred
27. 12 AN ORDINANCE establishing a workgroup to develop recommendations on modernizing public health - Seattle & King County clinic services and operations supporting the county hospital. 2024-0318 Introduced and Referred
28. 13 AN ORDINANCE establishing an office of the county hospital; and amending Ordinance 12075, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.025, Ordinance 6818, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.010, Ordinance 6818, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.020, Ordinance 6818, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.030, Ordinance 6818, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.040, Ordinance 6818, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.050, Ordinance 6818, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.060, and Ordinance 6818, Section 10, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.42.090. 2024-0321 Introduced and Referred
29. 14 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Washington State Nurses Association, representing nurse supervisors and managers in the department of public health and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0332 Introduced and Referred
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31. 15 AN ORDINANCE approving and adopting the memorandum of agreement negotiated by and between King County and the Washington State Nurses Association, representing nurse staff in the department of juvenile detention and the department of public health and establishing the effective date of the agreement. 2024-0333 Introduced and Referred
32. 31 First Reading and Referral of Motions
33. 16 A MOTION confirming the executive's appointment of Stuart Rolfe, who resides in council district two, to the Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District (aka Seattle Convention Center) board of directors. 2024-0325 Introduced and Referred
34. 17 A MOTION expressing the King County council's opposition to the approval of Washington state Initiative 2066, which, if approved by voters, would repeal or prohibit certain laws and regulations that discourage natural gas use, or promote electrification, or both, and require certain utilities and local governments to provide natural gas to eligible customers. 2024-0331 Introduced and Referred
35. 34 BALLOT TITLE: Initiative Measure No. 2066 Statement of Subject: Initiative Measure No. 2066 concerns regulating energy services, including natural gas and electrification. Concise Description: This measure would repeal or prohibit certain laws and regulations that discourage natural gas use, and/or promote electrification, and require certain utilities and local governments to provide natural gas to eligible customers.
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37. 18 Reports on Special and Outside Committees
38. 37 Other Business
39. 19 Executive Session
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41. 39 Adjournment