A G E N D A - Meeting 22
Conference Room 6A,
6th Floor, Exchange Building
821 - 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA
(cross streets: Marion, Columbia)

2:00 p.m.
Welcome, Overview of Today’s Meeting

What We Want to Accomplish

Adoption of January 8 Meeting Summary

Co-chairs
Marty Wine

2:05 p.m.

Steve Sarkozy, City Manager, City of Bellevue

One city's perspective: working with King County

Prior governance studies: Ramsey County, MN

Questions and answers

2:35 p.m.

Bob Drewel, Executive Director, Puget Sound Regional Council

Perspective: "strong-executive," partisan environment

Perspectives on county and regional governance

Questions and answers

3:15 p.m.

County Governance and Political Structure
Straw-poll and consensus-building exercise:

Size of council

Elected/appointed officials: executive, assessor, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, auditor

Partisan/non-partisan offices

Internal services: centralized, decentralized

All
Marty Wine

4:30 p.m
Upcoming Meetings

• January 29 Community Meeting
  • Location
  • Draft invitation
  • Media/op-ed planning
• February 5, 19 meetings
  • Complete governance/political structure recommendations
  • Bringing Phases 1-4 together
  • Final report - ideas about structure
  Co-chairs
  Marty Wine
  
  

  5:00 p.m.
  Adjourn