Budget panels

Weeks 2 and 3 of the Council’s budget review process includes panel meetings to conduct in-depth briefings about specific agency budgets. Panel meetings will take place from 9:30 a.m. through noon each day. Interested members of the public may attend these meetings in person in Council Chambers in the King County Courthouse or attend via livestream, using the appropriate webinar ID listed for each panel meeting below (read more information here).

Panel 1 – Public Transit, Climate, Local Services and Infrastructure

9:30 a.m., Tuesdays, October 8 and 15, 2024
Webinar ID: 890 7703 3966
This panel will review and make recommendations on budgets related to appropriation units such as Parks, Recreation, and Open Space, Planning and Permitting, and Metro Transit, etc.
Chair: Councilmember Perry
Members: Councilmembers Balducci, Barón, Dunn, Dembowski, and Zahilay

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Panel 2 – Public Safety

9:30 a.m., Wednesdays, October 9 and 16, 2024
Webinar ID: 875 6537 8927
This panel will review and make recommendations on budgets related to appropriation units such as the Sheriff, Office of Law Enforcement Oversight, Prosecuting Attorney, Public Defense, etc.
Chair: Councilmember Dembowski
Members: Councilmembers Balducci, Barón, Perry, von Reichbauer, and Zahilay

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Panel 3 – Health, Housing and Human Services

9:30 a.m., Thursdays, October 10 and 17, 2024
Webinar ID: 858 7947 3019
This panel will review and make decisions recommendations on budgets related to appropriation units such as Housing and Community Development, Behavioral Health, Mental Illness and Drug Dependency, Public Health, etc.
Chair: Councilmember Mosqueda
Members: Councilmembers Barón, Perry, and Zahilay

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