Members of the Pierce County Council from left to right: Joyce McDonald (District 2, Chair), Dan Roach (District 1), Doug Richardson (District 6), Jim McCune (District 3), Connie Ladenburg (District 4), Rick Talbert (District 5, Vice Chair), and Stan Flemming (District 7, Executive Pro Tempore)

About the Council
The Pierce County Council is the elected legislative body for Pierce County, the second-largest county (population 808,200) in Washington. The council is vested with all law-making power granted by its charter and by the State of Washington, sets county policy through the adoption of ordinances and resolutions, approves the annual budget and directs the use of county funds.

The seven members of the County Council are elected from each of seven contiguous and equally populated districts, with each councilmember representing approximately 114,000 county residents. Each county councilmember is elected to serve a four-year term.