Council Database

Council Meeting
Date: December 22, 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
2020-131s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Ordinance No. 2019-86s, as Amended by Ordinance Nos. 2020-35, 2020-42, 2020-52, 2020-54, 2020-60, 2020-73, 2020-106, 2020-120s2, 2020-121, and 2020-127 the Biennial Budget of Pierce County for Fiscal Years 2020-2021; and Amending the Pierce County Capital Facilities Plan Adopted Pursuant to Ordinance No. 2019-87s, as Codified in Chapter 19E.20 of the Pierce County Code. (2020-2021 Biennial Budget Supplemental - Capital Facilities Plan)
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)
R2020-134 A Resolution of the Pierce County Council and Executive Proclaiming the Month of January 2021, as “Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month,” in Pierce County, Washington. (Proclamation - Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month)
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)
2020-137 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Adding a Tribal Representative to the Birth to 25 Advisory Board for Infant, Child, Youth, and Young Adult Development; and Amending Ordinance No. 2019-6. (Birth to 25 Advisory Board - Adding a Tribal Representative)
2020-138s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Levying an Additional Sales and Use Tax for Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts (Sales and Use Tax for Chemical Dependency or Mental Health Treatment Services or Therapeutic Courts, RCW 82.14.460) Upon State Approval of the Pierce County Accountable Care Organization Pilot Program; Establishing the Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Fund; Adopting a Planning Framework for a Six-Year Behavioral Health Improvement Plan; Replacing the Chemical Dependency Advisory Board with the Newly Created Behavioral Health Advisory Board; Adopting an Interim Spending Plan; Requiring Performance Audit Review of Spending from the Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Fund; Adopting Amendments to the Pierce County Code Related to Behavioral Health; Amending Chapter 2.51, "Chemical Dependency Advisory Board," Chapter 4.28, "Sales and Use Tax," and Section 4.48.020, "Special Revenue Funds," and Adopting New Sections 4.28.170, "Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Tax – Rate," 4.28.180, "Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Tax – Allocation and Use," 4.28.190, "Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Tax – Administration, Violations and Penalties," and a New Chapter 8.101, "Behavioral Health Improvement Plan"; Setting an Effective Date; and Establishing a Sunset Date. (Sales and Use Tax for Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts - Behavioral Health and Therapeutic Courts Fund - Planning Framework - Behavioral Health Advisory Board - Interim Spending Plan - Performance Audit Review)

 Consent Items - Introduction, Referral, Setting Dates
Proposal # Title
2020-140 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Granting a Nonexclusive Franchise to McChord Pipeline Company, for Location of Petroleum Products Lines on Certain County-Owned Rights-of-Way; and Authorizing the County Executive to Execute Said Franchise. (Franchise for Petroleum Products Lines - McChord Pipeline Company - Districts 5 and 6)
2020-141s An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Vacating Portions of Buckley Tapps Highway East Right-of-Way Located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 23 and the Southwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 20 North, Range 5 East of the Willamette Meridian, in the Lake Tapps Area. (Right-of-Way Vacation - Buckley-Lake Tapps Highway East - District 1)
2020-143 An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Pierce County Code Sections 11.02.030, "Definitions," and 11.02.040, "Policy for Service Charges," to Clarify Provisions Related to Service Charges for Agricultural Lands, Exemptions for Certain Federally Owned and Tribal Trust Lands, and to Establish Service Charge Credits for Certain Drainage Districts. (Surface Water Management Service Charge)