Council Database

Council Meeting
Date: November 15, 2016
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 1045
Tacoma, WA 98402

 Council Members
Name District
Douglas G. Richardson (Chair) 6
Dan Roach 1
Joyce McDonald 2
Jim McCune 3
Connie Ladenburg 4
Rick Talbert 5
Derek Young 7


Agendas and packets are uploaded by 3:00 pm the Friday before the meeting. Meeting agendas approved by the Council's Rules Committee are available at http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/index.aspx?NID=1430 on Wednesdays by 1:00 pm.

 For Final Consideration
Proposal # Title
2016-62s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the 2017-2022 Transportation Improvement Program and 2017-2030 Fourteen-Year Ferry Program, Pursuant to Revised Code of Washington Sections 36.81.121, 36.81.122, 36.81.130, and 36.54.015, and Washington Administrative Code 136, Chapters 15 and 16; Finding that Each Project Contained in the Plan is a Public Necessity; and Adopting Findings of Fact. (Annual Road Program, Six-Year Road Program, and the Fourteen-Year Ferry Program)
2016-63s2 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Implementing the 2017 Budget; Amending the Pierce County Code and the Powers, Duties or Responsibilities of Certain Pierce County Departments, Boards, or Commissions; Amending Chapter 2.124 of the Pierce County Code, "Motor Pool Vehicle Assignment and Use"; Amending Section 2.45.115 of the Pierce County Code, "Key Peninsula Community Land Use Advisory Commission Pilot Program"; Amending Section 4.48.020 of the Pierce County Code, "Special Revenue Funds," to Create a Drug Enforcement Fund; Adopting a New Section 13.04.048 of the Pierce County Code, "Residential Side Sewer Conservation Loan Program"; Amending or Repealing Certain Ordinances; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-64s2 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Implementing the 2017 Budget by Requesting Certain County Departments, Boards and Commissions to Take Certain Actions; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-65s2 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the Annual Budget of Pierce County for Fiscal Year 2017; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-66 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the 2017-2037 Sewer Improvement Program (SIP) Pursuant to Pierce County Ordinance No. 2006-115s, Chapter 36.70A of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and RCW 36.70.530; Finding that Each Project Contained in the Plan is a Public Necessity; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-67s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the "Pierce County Capital Facilities Plan - 2017 Amendments"; Amending Chapter 19E.10 of the Pierce County Code, "Introduction"; Adopting Findings of Fact; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-68 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Authorizing Wage Adjustments for Non-Represented Employees; Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-69s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Setting the 2017 Ad Valorem Tax Levies for Pierce County for Levy in 2016 and Collection in 2017.
2016-70 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Chapter 9.47 of the Pierce County Code, "Jail Incarceration Rates," to Establish Rates for Incarceration and Booking of Inmates into the Pierce County Jail; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-71 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Pierce County Code Chapter 17C.10, "Administrative Provisions for the Construction Codes," and Chapter 17C.60, "International Fire Code," Updating the Fire Prevention Bureau Fees; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-73 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Pierce County Code (PCC) Section 13.04.085, "Connection Charge - Rates," to Establish a 2017 Consumer Price Index Adjustment as Identified in PCC 13.04.085 D. on Rates for Connecting to the Public Sewer System, and Amending Section 13.13.085, "Rates and Charges," by Establishing the Year 2017 Rates and Charges for the Availability and Furnishing of Sanitary Sewer Service; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-74s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Chapter 14.20 of the Pierce County Code, "Parks and Recreation Service Fees," by Amending Fee Schedules and Adding New Fees for Parks and Recreation Activities and Facilities; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-75s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Chapter 2.05 of the Pierce County Code, "Planning and Land Services and Assessor-Treasurer Development Review, Inspection and Application/Processing Fees," by Adjusting the Fee Schedule for the Planning and Land Services Department; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-78 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Making a Finding of Substantial Need Regarding the 2017 Property Tax Levy; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-79 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Section 4A.30.030 of the Pierce County Code (PCC), "School Impact Fee Schedule," to Adjust School Impact Fees for 2017 Based Upon Changes in the Consumer Price Index; Creating a Working Group to Review the School Impact Fee Methodology Set Forth in Title 4A PCC; Appointing Members; Requesting that the Working Group Report Back to the Council with its Findings and Recommendations by a Date Certain; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-80 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan Regarding the Pierce County Auditor, Assessor-Treasurer, Executive, and Sheriff Salaries on the Recommendation of the Pierce County Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials.
2016-81s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the 2017-2022 Surface Water Improvement Program (SWIP), Pursuant to Pierce County Ordinance No. 2006-115s, Chapter 36.70A of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and RCW 36.70A.040 and 36.70.530; and Finding that Each Project Contained in the Plan is a Public Necessity.
R2016-130s A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Authorizing the Pierce County Executive to Execute Interlocal Agreements with the Peninsula Metropolitan Park District and the Key Peninsula Metropolitan Park District for Distribution of Parks Second REET Funds, Pursuant to a Proviso to the 2016 Pierce County Budget.
R2016-134 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Implementing the 2017 Budget; Declaring Certain County Policy; Requesting Information from Agencies of County Government; and Setting an Effective Date.
R2016-139s A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Approving the 2017 Pierce County Historic Preservation Grant Fund Disbursement Including Projects and Programs Recommended by the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission.

 Consent Items - Introduction, Referral, Setting Dates
Proposal # Title
2016-85s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Pierce County Code Chapter 17C.10, "Administrative Provisions for the Construction Codes"; Chapter 17C.20, "International Building Code"; Chapter 17C.30, "International Residential Code"; Chapter 17C.60. "International Fire Code"; and Chapter 17C.80, "Property Maintenance Code"; Adopting New Chapter 17C.35, "International Existing Building Code," and Chapter 17C.75, "International Swimming Pool and Spa Code"; Adopting Findings of Fact; and Setting an Effective Date.
2016-86 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Reached with the Pierce County Juvenile Court Guild; and Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan.
2016-87 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Reached With the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 612; and Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan.
2016-88 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Finding the Proposed Non-Exclusive Telecommunications Franchise to CenturyLink, Doing Business as CenturyTel of Washington, for a Telecommunications Network in Pierce County to be in the Public Interest; Setting Forth Terms and Conditions Accompanying the Granting of the Telecommunications Franchise; Providing for the Regulation of Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Use of the Network; Prescribing Remedies for the Violation of the Provisions of the Franchise; and Authorizing the County Executive to Enter into the Franchise Agreement.
2016-89s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting a New Chapter 8.98 of the Pierce County Code, "Veterans Assistance Programs"; Amending Section 2.06.010 of the Pierce County Code, "Executive Departments - Appointive Directors" to Assign Duties for the Administration of Veterans Assistance Programs; Adopting a New Chapter 2.75 of the Pierce County Code, "Pierce County Veterans Advisory Board" to Advise Pierce County on Needs Related to Indigent Pierce County Veterans; Repealing Chapter 2.74 of the Pierce County Code, "Pierce County Veterans Bureau"; Rendering Null and Void Agreements Between Pierce County and the Pierce County Veterans Advisory Council Executed Prior to the Effective Date of This Ordinance; Repealing Ordinance No. 82-74, "Ordinance of the Veterans Advisory Council"; and Requiring an Annual Report from the Department of Community Connections.
2016-90 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Approving the Revision of the Corporate Boundary of the City of University Place, Where it Coincides with Certain Portions of the Right-of-Way for 44th Street West, in Order to Fully Include Said Areas in the Corporate Limits of the City of University Place.
2016-91 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Ratifying the Collective Bargaining Agreement Reached With the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Local No. 37083 of The Newspaper Guild, Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC; and Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan.
2016-92s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Ordinance No. 2015-60s2 as Amended by Ordinance Nos. 2016-27s and 2016-82s; and Modifying the 2016 Pierce County Budget.
R2016-156 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Setting the Date of an Evening Council Meeting in Council District No. 6 for Tuesday, December 13, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at Lakewood City Hall, 6000 Main Street SW, Lakewood, Washington.