Council Database

Council Meeting
Date: December 1, 2020
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: 930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 1045
Tacoma, WA 98402

 Council Members
Name District
Douglas G. Richardson (Chair) 6
Dave Morell 1
Pam Roach 2
Jim McCune 3
Connie Ladenburg 4
Marty Campbell 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
2020-108 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adopting the 2021-2026 Transportation Improvement Program and 2021-2034 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)
R2020-117 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Suspending the Operations of Pierce County Drainage District No. 21 Effective January 1, 2021. (Drainage District 21 - Suspending Operations - District 2)
2020-119 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Chapter 2.123 of the Pierce County Code, "County Indemnification of Legal Expenses for County Attorneys in Professional Disciplinary Proceedings." (Indemnification of Legal Expenses for County Attorneys)
2020-132s An Emergency Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Relating to the COVID-19 Pandemic; Amending Ordinance No. 2019-86s, as Amended by Ordinance Nos. 2020-35, 2020-42, 2020-52, 2020-54, 2020-60, 2020-73, 2020-106, 2020-121, and 2020-127 the Biennial Budget of Pierce County for Fiscal Years 2020-2021; and Declaring an Emergency. (Supplemental Budget Ordinance - Amending the 2020-2021 Pierce County Budget)

 Consent Items - Introduction, Referral, Setting Dates
Proposal # Title
R2020-124 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Setting the Date of an Evening District No. 6 Council Meeting for Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. in the Pierce County Council Chambers, 930 Tacoma Avenue South - Room 1045, Tacoma, Washington. (District No. 6 - Evening Council Meeting)
R2020-125 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Related to the Definition and Regulation of Various Residential Use Types; Requesting the Planning and Public Works Department Conduct an Analysis of Necessary Amendments to the Pierce County Development Regulations to Provide Clarification for Siting Assorted Residential Use Types in Specific Zone Classifications in Pierce County; Requesting the Department Complete Any Necessary Environmental Review; and Requesting the Department Submit its Recommendation on Proposed Amendments to the Planning Commission by a Date Certain. (Residential Use Definitions and Zoning Classifications)
R2020-127 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council Declaring Certain Tax Title Lands be Sold, and Authorizing the County Executive to Pursue Disposal of the Property by Sale, Lease, or Exchange; and Authorizing the County Executive to Sell Certain Tax Title Lands by Private Negotiation, Without a Call for Bids, For Not Less Than the Principal Amount of the Unpaid Taxes Pursuant to Revised Code of Washington 36.35. (Tax Title Lands - Disposal)
R2020-128 An Emergency Resolution of the Pierce County Council Requesting that Governor Jay Inslee Convene the Legislature Prior to the Regularly Scheduled Session to Provide Economic Relief for Businesses, Individuals, Hospitals and Care Facilities, and to Suspend Small Business Audits for the Duration of the Pandemic Lockdown. (Request for Special Session of the State Legislature)
2020-133 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Reaffirming the Birth to 25 Advisory Board for Infant, Child, Youth, and Young Adult Development Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2019-6; and Amending Ordinance No. 2019-6 to Extend the Sunset Date. (Birth to 25 Advisory Board - Extension of Sunset Date)
2020-134 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Affirming an Application for Open Space Classification Under Current Use Assessment on Certain Properties Located Within the Incorporated Boundaries of the City of Tacoma in Pierce County; Directing the Clerk to Forward This Ordinance to the City of Tacoma for its Affirmation of This Application Consistent with Revised Code of Washington 84.34.037; and Adopting Findings of Fact. (Application No. OS12-19) (Application for Open Space Classification - City of Tacoma)
2020-135 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Authorizing Wage Adjustments for Non-Represented Employees of the Office of the Pierce County Council; Amending the Pierce County Salary Classification Plan; and Setting an Effective Date. (Wage Adjustments for Non-Represented Employees - Council Office)
2020-136s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Establishing a County Board of Health and Department of Public Health; Terminating the Agreement Creating a Combined County-City Health Department Known as the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Upon a Date Certain; Amending Chapter 2.06 of the Pierce County Code, "Departments and Organizations"; Repealing Chapter 2.32 of the Pierce County Code, "Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department"; Directing the Clerk to Take Certain Actions; Requesting that the Executive Take Preliminary or Transitional Steps Necessary to Implement this Ordinance Including Forwarding Draft Legislation to Create an Executive Department to Manage Administrative Functions of the Health Board; Amending Pierce County Code References to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Consistent with this Ordinance; and Establishing Effective Dates. (Terminating TPCBH Interlocal)