In his third term, Conlin is chairing the Environment, Emergency Management, and Utilities Committee. The committee has oversight of solid waste, water, drainage, and sewer utilities, emergency management programs, and a set of environmental initiatives, including salmon recovery, action on global climate change, critical areas regulations, green building programs, and sustaining the urban forest. His work includes a major reshaping of Seattle’s approach to solid waste and recycling (“Zero Waste Strategy”) and developing sustainable infrastructure policies. Conlin also serves on the Energy and Technology and the Parks and Seattle Center Committees, and Chairs the Committee of the Whole on the State Route 520 Replacement Project.

Conlin also serves as a member of the Sound Transit Board of Directors and as Seattle’s representative on the Growth Management Planning Council of King County. He also represents Seattle on the regional committee overseeing salmon recovery in the Duwamish-Green River Cedar River ecosystem.