Votes at a glance: King County Council approves interlocal agreements, annexation, retailer cash rule, Lower Duwamish consent decree, and several appointments

The King County Council approved a package of consent items and confirmations at its April 1, 2025 meeting. The items were taken on the consent calendar and passed by recorded roll-call votes, each recorded as 9 ayes, 0 nos.

Items adopted (as read into the record by the clerk):

- Proposed ordinance 2024-0261: Authorize the King County Executive to enter into an interlocal agreement with the City of Shoreline to implement a regional program to transfer development rights from lands in unincorporated King County into the City of Shoreline. Outcome: adopted (vote recorded in consent roll call).

- Proposed ordinance 2025-0010: Authorize the King County Executive to sign an agreement between King County and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) regarding operation and maintenance of the portion of the Downtown Redmond Link Extension that is within King County property. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed ordinance 2025-0038: Relating to the annexation of approximately 1.1 acres into the Northeast Sammamish Sewer District known as the Park Lane annexation for the purpose of wastewater/sewer service. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed ordinance 2025-0071: Relating to retail establishments; changing the effective date of the requirement that retailers in unincorporated King County (unless otherwise exempted) must accept payment in cash. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed ordinance 2025-0084: Relating to the Lower Duwamish Waterway cleanup; authorizing the King County Executive to sign and fulfill obligations in the consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology and associated multi-party settlements governing cleanup of sediment contamination at the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site. The clerk noted technical edits to the consent decree to correct a party name/address and signature block before final adoption. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed motion 20-25-0059: Confirming the executive’s appointment of Alicia Campbell (residing in Council District 8) to the King County Solid Waste Advisory Committee as a representative from the waste management industry. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed motion 20-25-0060: Confirming the executive’s appointment of Laura Mark, council member, City of Shoreline (resides in Council District 1), to the King County Solid Waste Advisory Committee filling the local elected official position. Outcome: adopted.

- Proposed motions 20-25-0096 and 20-25-0104: Confirming reappointments to the King County Children and Youth Advisory Board (Mean Nakisha Nadarajan and Jasmine Fry, respectively). Outcome: adopted.

Procedure and votes: Vice Chair Sarah Perry moved the consent calendar for items 6 through 10; the roll-call vote on the consent ordinances registered 9 ayes, 0 nos. Motions 11 and 12 (appointments to the Solid Waste Advisory Committee) were moved and approved by roll call (9-0). Motions 15 and 16 (children and youth advisory board confirmations) were also moved on the consent calendar and approved by roll call (9-0). Item 13 (the county’s federal legislative priorities) was deferred to the April 15 council meeting.

Details not specified on the record: Where the clerk’s reading did not include full contract text or settlement dollar amounts, the clerk’s reading provided only purpose and authorization language; any financial terms or full settlement text are not specified in the clerk’s on-the-record summary and were not discussed in detail during the meeting.