Remarks by Sarah Perry
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“8th, 2026 meeting of the King County Council. I'm Sarah Perry, chair of the council this year, joined by vice chairs Jorge Barone and Reagan Dunn and our council colleagues today. And this meeting is called to order. Before we begin, please join me in acknowledging that we are on the traditional lands of the Puget Salish peoples past and present. We thank these caretakers of this land who've lived here and continue to live here since time immemorial, bringing their cultural ways of life and greatly enriching our lives. With that, Clerk Hayley, please call the roll.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Here. You have a quorum. Thank you. Next, would you please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance led by Vice Chair Dunn.”
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“Thank you. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed say nay. Minutes are approved. Clerk K, are there any other additions to the council agenda? There are no additions. Thank you. Turning now to our special items, the first of which is a recognition of Johnny Oda as the 2026 King County Recovery Champion, led by Council Members Dunn and myself. I am pleased we're all here today to recognize September as recovery month in King County. This month celebrates the amazing and difficult progress of recovery that people in our communities are working through every single day. Recognizes the…”
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“Whereas the King County Recovery Champion Award is given by the King County Council during National Recovery Month and presented in partnership with the King County Recovery Coalition and.”
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“Whereas recovery from substance use disorder is possible and a large number of those with substance use disorder who seek recovery rely on many people and organizations for help along their journey and.”
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“Whereas through Johnny's tireless advocacy and leadership, he's consistently worked to shift public perceptions of behavioral health conditions and champion pro-recovery policies and.”
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“Through his over 30 years of dedicated service, countless individuals navigating substance use disorder have found a pathway to recovery, and his ongoing contributions continue to foster care, healing, and community resilience.”
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“Yeah. Will the council members please join us? I do want to thank Council Member Jorge Baron for bringing Johnny's name forward in the first place for this. And all of those who are here with Johnny, would you please join us and show us support by joining us in this photo as well? That's Eladio. Yeah, let's do it. You know what? We're going to go right back up on to the dais because there's so many and we're just going to line it and Johnny's going to have the gavel for the moment.”
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“okay thank you very much uh everybody for that wonderful opportunity next we have a recognition of the ruth wu emerging leaders 2025-2026 fellows led by council member dembowski please begin whenever you're ready it's hard to hear you let's see”
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“Let's make sure everyone's seated in the chambers.”
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“Thank you. Let's wait one moment. The door is opening. There we go, go right ahead whenever you're ready.”
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“Thank you, everyone. Council Member Dembowski, would it be okay when you're done to have the Ruth Wu scholars come and stand behind us?”
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“Okay, okay. We'll go down. Is it time now or would you like to?”
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“Well, I want to thank Councilmember Domboski for leading us in that special recognition, and congratulations and thank you, the 2526 Ruth Boo cohort, for your outstanding achievement in public service. We are served well. We'll now turn to the reading of items into the record and the hearing of public comments. First, Vice Chair Barone, would you please make a motion to suspend the rules to hold a public hearing less than seven days after first reading and to take action without referral to committee on item 11, proposed emergency ordinance 2026-0249? So moved. Thank you. The motion is before…”
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“All those opposed say nay. The motion carries. Next, Vice Chair Bowen, will you please make a motion to suspend the rules to hold a public hearing less than seven days after first reading and to take action without referral to committee on item 12, proposed emergency ordinance 2026-0256. So moved. Thank you. The motion is before us. All those in favor say aye.”
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“All those opposed say nay. Motion carries. With that, Clerk Hay, will you please read the items into the record?”
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“Thank you very much. Okay. The council will now take public comment on those ordinances, motions, proclamations and recognitions on today's agenda for action. Comments will not be taken on those items on the agenda for referral. However, comments on any item related to King County can be taken on the fourth Tuesday of every month. So I invite those back for the fourth Tuesday if you would like to speak to things not on today's agenda. Listening to the public and taking into consideration the public's thoughts is an important part of our process and one that greatly enhances our deliberations.…”
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“Oh, the items that are on the agenda for comment today include... Just one moment. I just want to make sure that I am... Are you sure? They are... Council takes comments on ordinances, motions, and proclamations and recognitions on today's agenda, not comment on those... This is for referral. So those that are for referral are not, we don't take comment on those items for referral. But please do comment on the fourth Tuesday unless you have something else.”
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“I'm sorry. Did you want to speak to the proclamation itself?”
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“You're speaking to the proclamation itself, are you?”
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“Just want to be sure you stay with the agenda.”
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“Yes, I do understand that, but I want to make sure that you're staying with the proclamation.”
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