The King County Council last week approved 2022 leaders and membership for the seven council committees, three regional committees, the Board of Health and the Flood Control District Board of Supervisors and Executive Committee.
Councilmember Claudia Balducci will remain chair of the council, while Councilmembers Girmay Zahilay and Dave Upthegrove were named as vice chairs. Additionally, the Mobility and Environment Committee was restructured as the Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee and the Local Services became the Local Services and Land Use Committee.
This is the complete list of committee membership:
Committee of the Whole: Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, chair; Councilmember Reagan Dunn, vice chair; Members: All
Budget and Fiscal Management: Councilmember Joe McDermott, chair; Upthegrove, vice chair; Members: councilmembers Rod Dembowski, Zahilay, Sarah Perry, Kohl-Welles, Balducci
Transportation, Economy and Environment: Dembowski, chair; Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer, vice chair; Members: Zahilay, Perry, Kohl-Welles, Upthegrove, Balducci, McDermott
Local Services and Land Use: Perry, chair; Balducci, vice chair; Members: Zahilay, McDermott, Dunn
Law, Justice, Health and Human Services: Zahilay, chair; Kohl-Welles, vice chair; Members: Dembowski, Perry, Balducci, Dunn
Government Accountability and Oversight: von Reichbauer, chair; Kohl-Welles, vice chair; Members: Balducci, McDermott, Dunn
Employment and Administration: Balducci, chair; Zahilay, vice chair; Members: All CMs
Regional Policy: von Reichbauer, chair; Kohl-Welles, alternate; Members: Dembowski, Balducci
Regional Water Quality: Dunn, chair; Members: Perry, Upthegrove
Regional Transit: Upthegrove, chair; Balducci, alternate; Members: Dembowski, McDermott
Board of Health: Dembowski, alternate; Members: Zahilay, Kohl-Welles, McDermott
Additionally, Upthegrove will chair the Flood Control District Board of Supervisors, and Dunn will be vice chair.