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Citizens often ask what services King County government provides for them. The answer varies depending on whether you live within a city or in an unincorporated area of the county. In District Four, I represent citizens living within the City of Seattle.
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King County's Metro Transit is nationally recognized for its outstanding service.
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For these citizens, the city provides basic services such as roads, utilities, police protection, and building permitting. In unincorporated parts of King County such as Kingsgate, Eastgate, Skyway, White Center and Snoqualmie Valley, King County provides these local government services.
Whether you live in Seattle, in one of King County's other 38 cities, or in unincorporated King County, you receive regional services from King County government. To give you an understanding of some of these regional services, here is a sample of what King County government does each and every day:
• gives 286,000 rides on Metro buses,
• answers 1,054 calls to 911,
• provides 2,423 doses of vaccine to public and private health clinics,
• treats 1,062 people for drug and alcohol addiction,
• inspects and investigates 141 restaurants, and
• treats over 200 million gallons of wastewater.
What the King County Council Does for You
The Metropolitan King County Council is a nine-member legislative body elected by districts to represent the citizens of King County. We respond to citizen concerns, provide oversight of King County's services, enact legislation and adopt King County's annual budget.
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