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Councilmember
Larry Phillips
Council District 4
516 Third Ave., Rm. 1200
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-296-1004
Toll Free: 800-325-6165
TTY/TDD: 206-296-1024
Fax: 206-296-0198 

Serving the communities of northern Downtown, Belltown, South Lake Union, Uptown, Queen Anne, Interbay, Magnolia, Ballard, Fremont, Wallingford, Green Lake, Phinney Ridge, Bitter Lake, Broadview, Crown Hill, Greenwood, North Beach, and the western portion of Northgate.
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What King County government does for you

People 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 residents living within the City of Seattle.

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King County's Metro Transit is nationally recognized for its outstanding service.

For these residents, the city provides basic services such as roads, utilities, police protection, and building permitting. In unincorporated parts of King County, the 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 395,077 rides on Metro buses,
• answers 4811 calls to 911,
• provides 2,256 doses of vaccine to public and private health clinics,
• inspects and investigates 49 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.


















Did you know?
Since taking over for the old Metro Council, the King County Council has saved citizens $315 million on their sewer rates over the last decade.

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