- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy, including passing legislation about the police, fire department, parks, libraries, electricity, water, solid waste, and drainage utilities. 
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members serve four year terms, and elections are nonpartisan. City council members are either elected to represent specific districts or are elected at-large, meaning that they represent the entire city. 

Passes laws and regulations for your city

Auburn

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- The School Board of Directors runs the public school system. The School Board of Directors is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- School District Directors work together to make school policy, set the budget, decide what is taught in schools, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- School District Directors are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

Part of the board that governs your county's public school system

Federal Way

Taxes

College & Career Readiness

Top Priorities

Access to Education

Student Wellbeing

School Facilities & Resources

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Teachers

School District Director

Highline

Kent

- County council members work together to set and implement county policy.
- County Council is tasked with approving the county budget, setting local tax rates, approving plans for land use in the county, and appointing county officials.
- County council members work to improve the county’s education system, ensure safety, make environmental and business policy, and run the county transportation network.
- There are nine county council members, who represent specific areas of the county.
- County council members are elected to four-year terms, with even numbered and odd numbered districts being up for election on an alternating basis every two years. Elections are nonpartisan, but county council members often make their party affiliations a matter of public record.

Passes laws and regulations for your county

Small Businesses

County Council Member

- Port of Seattle Commissioners are part of a five-member commission that manages the seaport of Seattle and the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. 
- Commissioners are responsible for managing properties in the area, including parks and waterfront real estate, and manage the port's executive director. 
- Commissioners represent the entire county and are elected to four year terms in nonpartisan elections. 

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