King County Council to hold budget meeting at Redmond City Hall on Oct. 13

After meeting with residents in Seattle, the Metropolitan King County Council's Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will host their next public meeting on the county executive's proposed 2017-2018 King County budget at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at Redmond City Hall.

After meeting with residents in Seattle, the Metropolitan King County Council’s Budget and Fiscal Management Committee will host their next public meeting on the county executive’s proposed 2017-2018 King County budget at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at Redmond City Hall.

The first special meeting of the King County Council’s Budget Committee to hear citizen budget priorities had more than 20 citizens, discussing issues that included mentoring services, housing displacement funding, feeding programs and human service funding.

All members of the County Council serve on the Budget Committee during the review of the proposed budget. The Redmond meeting is the second of the three special meetings hosted by the Budget Committee where the public will be able to speak to the members about their concerns with the proposed biennial 2017-2018 budget.

Day-after coverage of the public hearings will be available both online and on King County TV, seen on Comcast Cable channel 22 (HD channel 322) and Wave Cable channel 22 (HD channel 722). People can also sign up to follow the deliberations on the Council’s 2017 Budget page, Facebook and Twitter (#KCBudget).