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Council authorizes chair to send state budget letters and urges preservation of Metro funding and public defense support

King County Council · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The council approved motion 2026-0049 authorizing the chair to sign letters to state budget committees on county priorities and passed a verbal motion authorizing a third letter urging state funding for public defense and opposing repeal of a sales tax revenue source that funds Metro.

The King County Council on March 3 authorized the chair to sign two letters to state legislative committees outlining the county's priorities in the operating and transportation budgets, and separately approved a verbal motion for a third letter urging that state actions preserve funding for public defense and the sales-tax source that supports Metro.

Chair Sarah Perry introduced motion 2026-0049 as time sensitive because the state legislature was negotiating supplemental…

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