King County

Health, Housing, and Human Services Committee

This agenda contains only procedural boilerplate and a cancellation notice for the July 7, 2026, committee meeting. No substantive business, rezonings, or contracts will be discussed. The meeting is cancelled with no further action required.

Metropolitan King County Council

This special work session contains only procedural items like roll call and minute approval. The council will hear general issue briefings and committee updates. No public hearings, contracts, or policy votes are scheduled.

Employment and Administration Committee

This agenda consists primarily of procedural boilerplate and routine administrative briefings. Committee members will review the Meeting Materials Project and receive human resources updates. No public hearings or binding votes are scheduled.

• Briefing on the Meeting Materials Project by Clarity Consulting
• Human Resources update by county staff
• Chief of Staff administrative update
• Approval of June 2 meeting minutes

Metropolitan King County Council

The Metropolitan King County Council will hold public hearings and vote on several ordinances and motions. Key actions include establishing a new inspector general division to combat fraud in county programs, updating countywide planning policies, and approving water system plans for Auburn and Black Diamond. The council will also consider renaming a Skyway Park parcel, adjusting regional water quality capacity charges, and approving open space tax valuations for three properties.

• Ordinance creating an inspector general division to prevent fraud and waste in county funds.
• Amendment to King County Countywide Planning Policies.
• Approval of water system plans for Auburn and Black Diamond.
• Withdrawal of approximately 67 acres from the Vashon sewer district.
• Approval of open space tax valuations for properties at 4807 SW 54th St (Seattle), 4447/14823 S 148th St (Tukwila), and 31515 NE Tolt Hill Rd (Carnation).

Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

The Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will discuss and potentially act on four ordinances. Three items authorize the sale of surplus county-owned properties in Seattle, unincorporated King County, and Kent. A fourth item amends an interim loan program to give the executive more flexibility in extending terms for low-income housing acquisitions.

• Ordinance 2026-0128: Sale of surplus property at 8923 Fauntleroy Way SW, Seattle
• Ordinance 2026-0108: Sale of surplus property at 46502 268th Avenue SE, King County
• Ordinance 2026-0069: Sale of parcel 212205-9183 in Kent
• Ordinance 2026-0083: Amends interim loan program for low-income housing acquisitions

Regional Policy Committee

This agenda contains only a cancellation notice and procedural boilerplate. No substantive business, public hearings, or policy discussions will take place. Residents should check the county website for rescheduled dates.

Regional Transit Committee

The committee will review briefings regarding Metro Transit's future investment planning. Members will also receive an update on regional transit safety efforts and task force activities.

• Briefing: Metro’s Next Stop (Planning for Future Investments)
• Briefing: Metro’s transit safety planning and Regional Transit Safety Task Force update

Board of Health

The King County Board of Health will review several public health briefings rather than vote on policy. Staff and members will discuss zoonotic disease tracking for pet businesses, the regional homelessness continuum of care, and political impacts on gender-affirming care. The board will also outline recruitment plans for 2027 membership terms.

• Briefing on pet business rules and zoonotic disease tracking
• Update on Seattle/King County homelessness continuum of care
• Discussion on political impacts to gender-affirming care access
• Board membership recruitment strategy for 2027

King County Transportation District

This meeting has been officially cancelled. No business will be conducted by the Board.

Law and Justice Committee

This agenda is procedural boilerplate confirming that the August 5 meeting is canceled. The cancellation is due to the Metropolitan King County Council being in recess from August 3 through August 14. No legislative or committee business will be conducted during this period.

• Cancellation notice issued for August 5 meeting

Regional Water Quality Committee

The committee will review a proposed ordinance regarding wastewater capacity charge methodology. Members will also discuss financial affordability analysis for the Regional Wastewater Services Plan and review the 2026 work program.

• Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-0162 (capacity charge methodology)
• Briefing on Regional Wastewater Services Plan: Finance/Affordability
• Discussion of 2026 Regional Water Quality Committee Work Program

Law and Justice Committee

The committee will review a report on youth diversion and intervention programs regarding employment and education resources. Members will also consider confirming a new appointment to the public defense advisory board and an ordinance regarding jail booking restrictions.

• Motion 2026-0084: Youth diversion and intervention program report
• Motion 2026-0089: Appointment of Brian Flaherty to the public defense advisory board
• Ordinance 2026-0067: Notification requirements for booking restrictions at adult detention facilities

King County Flood Control District Executive Committee

This meeting of the Executive Committee is cancelled and will not take place as previously scheduled.

Metropolitan King County Council

There is no meeting scheduled because the date falls on a fifth Tuesday of the month. This follows local procedural rules regarding monthly meeting schedules.

Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

This agenda contains only procedural boilerplate and a cancellation notice. No business, votes, or public hearings will occur on June 24, 2026. The full Metropolitan King County Council agenda is also cancelled.

• Meeting cancelled with no business scheduled

Metropolitan King County Council

The Council is reviewing several significant legislative items, including a large supplemental budget appropriation and new sewage treatment rates. Other business includes telecommunications franchises, district court boundaries, and labor agreements for the sheriff's office.

• Supplemental appropriations of $69.3M (general fund), $147.9M (non-general fund), and $208.4M (capital funds)
• Franchise agreement with HyperFiber of Washington, LLC for road rights-of-way
• Sale of environmental attributes from South Treatment Plant to Karbone Energy LLC
• Ordinance regarding King County district court electoral district boundaries
• Coalition Labor Agreement for King County sheriff's office employees

Committee of the Whole

The King County Council Committee of the Whole will review a briefing on the state of the King County District Court. Members will vote on confirming three executive appointments to the King County cultural development authority (4Culture) board. The committee will also receive the authority's annual report.

• Confirm Ellen Walker appointment to 4Culture board (position 15)
• Confirm Nancy Salguero McKay appointment to 4Culture board
• Confirm Teofila Cruz-Uribe appointment to 4Culture board (position 12)
• Briefing on King County District Court state of the court
• Review 4Culture annual report

Metropolitan King County Council

This agenda contains only procedural boilerplate for a work session. The council will approve minutes from early June, receive a policy briefing, and hear updates from members and outside committees. No substantive votes or public hearings are scheduled.

• Approval of June 1, 8, and 15 meeting minutes
• Policy briefing
• Councilmember and committee updates

Board of Health

The King County Board of Health will review findings from Washington’s Maternal Mortality Review Panel and discuss sexual health program innovations. Members will also plan for 2027 board recruitment and approve prior meeting minutes. The session is primarily informational with standard public comment procedures.

• Briefing on Washington’s Maternal Mortality Review Panel findings and recommendations
• Briefing on sexual health program innovations
• Discussion on 2027 board membership recruitment
• Approval of May 21, 2026 meeting minutes
• Public comment period for community input

Local Services and Land Use Committee

The King County Local Services and Land Use Committee will consider several consent ordinances, including withdrawing 67 acres from the Vashon sewer district, approving water system plans for Auburn and Black Diamond, and correcting a road vacation description. The main discussion item is a sweeping ordinance amending building and construction standards across many county code sections.

• Withdrawal of ~67 acres from Vashon sewer district (Ordinance 2026-0113)
• Approval of City of Auburn Water System Plan (July 2025)
• Approval of City of Black Diamond Water System Plan (Summer 2025)
• Correcting legal description for vacation of portion of 152nd Ave SE (Ordinance 2026-0047)
• Discussion of ordinance amending building and construction standards (Ordinance 2025-0321)

Regional Transit Committee

The Regional Transit Committee will receive briefings on Metro Transit's adopted policy documents and plans for a 2028 update, service recovery and growth planning, and future investment planning (Next Stop). These are informational briefings with no voting items.

• Briefing on Metro's three adopted policy documents and 2028 update plans
• Briefing on Metro's service recovery and growth planning
• Briefing on Metro's Next Stop future investment planning
• Approval of meeting minutes from March and April 2026
• Public comment period open

Metropolitan King County Council

The Council will hold a public hearing and second reading of a major ordinance that amends dozens of sections of King County Code to reorganize administrative offices and executive departments. They will also consider several appointments to boards and committees, acknowledge a report on Medicaid retention, and introduce new ordinances including a labor agreement with the Sheriff's Office union.

• Public hearing on Ordinance 2026-0073.2 (administrative reorganization of county offices)
• Confirmation of Susan McLaughlin as director of community and human services
• Confirmation of Cynthia McNabb and Steve Cho to citizens' elections oversight committee
• Acknowledgment of report on maintaining Medicaid retention in King County
• First reading of ordinance approving Coalition Labor Agreement for Sheriff's Office

Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee

The Committee will consider consent items including appointments to the conservation futures advisory committee, a restructuring of the Eastrail advisory council, and an amendment to the solid waste interlocal agreement with Bothell. Under discussion, they will vote on selling environmental attributes (biomethane credits) from the South Treatment Plant and receive a plan update for the Regional Wastewater Services Plan. Briefings include fare enforcement and transit funding needs.

• Possible action on sale of biomethane environmental attributes to Karbone Inc. (item 9)
• Amendment to solid waste interlocal agreement with Bothell (item 7)
• Consent item: restructuring Eastrail regional advisory council (item 6)
• Briefing on transit funding needs (item 12)
• Briefing on fare enforcement report (item 11)

Metropolitan King County Council

King County Transportation District

The King County Transportation District board will discuss and possibly vote on a resolution imposing a 0.1% sales and use tax within district boundaries to fund transportation improvements. They will also consider resolutions to establish an interlocal agreement with King County for planning and implementation, and to begin seeking contracted staffing support. An executive session on legal risks of a proposed action is scheduled.

• TD Resolution TD2026-01: Impose 0.1% sales and use tax for transportation (sponsor Balducci)
• TD Resolution TD2026-02: Request interlocal agreement with King County for transportation planning and implementation
• TD Resolution TD2026-03: Request executive committee to seek contracted staffing support
• Executive session on legal risks of proposed action

Regional Policy Committee

The Regional Policy Committee will receive a briefing on the King County Youth Diversion and Intervention Program update from acting directors of the Children, Youth, and Young Adults Division. Public comment is accepted in writing before 1:00 p.m. on the meeting day. No other substantive decisions or actions are on the agenda.

• Briefing No. 2026-B0078 on Youth Diversion and Intervention Program update
• Approval of minutes from May 13, 2026 special meeting
• Public comment accepted in writing only

Budget and Fiscal Management Committee

The Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will discuss and possibly vote on three ordinances: a $393 million supplemental budget appropriation for various funds, updates to sewage treatment rates and charges, and revisions to the noxious weed control program assessments.

• Proposed net supplemental appropriations of $48.73M to general fund, $136.073M to non-general fund, $208.368M from capital budgets
• Amending sewage treatment and disposal rates and charges (Ordinance 2026-0103)
• Revising noxious weed control program assessments (Ordinance 2026-0132)

Metropolitan King County Council

The King County Council will hold a public hearing and vote on confirming Sandra Valenciano as director of public health for Seattle & King County. They will also consider updating the capacity charge methodology for water quality, which could affect fees. Additional items include surplus property sales in Federal Way and Seattle, a road vacation, and a ferry terminal license agreement.

• Confirm Sandra Valenciano as director of public health
• Update water quality capacity charge methodology (Ordinance 2026-0066)
• Surplus property sale: parcel near S 328th St & Military Rd S, Federal Way
• Surplus property sale: 8923 Fauntleroy Way SW, Seattle
• Authorize license agreement for Vashon Island Ferry Terminal with WSDOT

King County Flood Control District

The King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors will vote on updating its claims agent for damage filings and discuss a revised 2026 budget covering operating and capital expenditures plus a six-year capital improvement program for 2026-2031. The board will also approve minutes from three prior meetings. No other substantive items are on the agenda.

• FCD Resolution FCD2026-07: Final action updating the appointed agent to receive damage claims, repealing FCD2011-01
• FCD Resolution FCD2026-09: Discussion of revised 2026 budget, operating budget, capital budget, and 2026-2031 six-year capital improvement program
• Approval of minutes from March 10, April 21, and April 28, 2026 meetings

Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

The Government Accountability and Oversight Committee will discuss and possibly vote on four proposed ordinances. Key items include creating an inspector general division to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse, and authorizing a franchise agreement with HyperFiber for telecommunications infrastructure in unincorporated King County.

• Proposed Ordinance 2026-0101: Creates inspector general division within Office of Public Complaints
• Proposed Ordinance 2025-0286: Franchise agreement with HyperFiber of Washington, LLC for road rights-of-way
• Proposed Ordinance 2026-0062: Adjusts district court electoral district boundaries for 2026
• Proposed Ordinance 2026-0126: Amends King County employee code of ethics

Committee of the Whole

The committee will vote on confirming Susan McLaughlin as director of the Department of Community and Human Services. They will also receive a briefing on the response to Motion 16970 regarding the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

• Proposed Motion No. 2026-0081 to confirm Susan McLaughlin as DCHS director
• Briefing No. 2026-B0077 on response to Motion 16970 about King County Regional Homelessness Authority

Metropolitan King County Council

This is a work session agenda containing only routine procedural items: call to order, approval of minutes, and updates. No ordinances, contracts, or public hearings are scheduled.

• No substantive agenda items