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Votes at a glance: King County Council actions April 15, 2025
Summary
The council adopted multiple ordinances, motions and appointments during the April 15 meeting, including the parks levy submission to the ballot, hearing-examiner recommendations, consent items and reappointments.
The Metropolitan King County Council took the following formal actions on April 15, 2025. This roundup lists each item, the action taken and vote tally as recorded in the meeting minutes.
- Adopted: Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2025-0054 (consent agenda item 8) — authorizing execution of a new lease to support local services and transit. Final vote recorded as 9-0 in favor.
- Adopted: Proposed Substitute Ordinance 2025-0070.4 (item 9) — parks levy renewal to be submitted to the August 5, 2025 special election ballot. Vote: 7 ayes, 2 nos (Councilmembers Dunn and Perry voted no).
- Adopted: Proposed Substitute Motion 2025-0077.3 (item 10) — companion allocation motion specifying levy spending, reporting requirements and passthrough formulas. Vote: 8 ayes, 1 no (Councilmember Dunn voted no).
- Adopted: Proposed Ordinance 2025-0117 (item 11) — correcting an error in Ordinance 19909; declared emergency and established effective date. Vote: 9-0.
- Adopted: Hearing Examiner consent agenda items 12–17 (public benefit rating system assessed valuations for specified properties). Vote: 9-0.
- Adopted: Motions confirming executive appointments and other committee motions (items 18–24). Vote: 9-0.
- Adopted: Reappointment items 28 and 29 (King County Children and Youth Advisory Board reappointments). Vote: 9-0.
Other procedural outcomes: Item 7 (WBD ordinance 2024-0387) was the subject of a public hearing but final action was deferred pending remaining SEPA steps; new hearing date set for May 27, 2025. Items 26 and 27 (appointment and process for appointing the King County Executive) were deferred to the April 22, 2025 meeting.
These items were entered into the record and associated materials (ordinances and motions) will be available through the clerk’s office and the council’s online docket.
