1. Felony which represents indigent defendants charged with felonies in Superior Court and processes felony appeals.

2. Pierce County District Court which represents indigent defendants charged with criminal traffic and misdemeanor charges in district courts in Tacoma, Eatonville, Buckley, and Gig Harbor; and Fircrest and Gig Harbor municipal courts and processes appeals from those courts.

3. Tacoma Municipal Court which represents indigent defendants charged with criminal traffic and misdemeanor charges in Tacoma Municipal Courts and processes appeals from those courts.

4. Juvenile which represents indigent juveniles charged with misdemeanors and felonies in the juvenile court system, and processes appeals from those courts.

1. Receiving and recording all Superior Court filings including domestic violence proceedings.

2. Certifying records.

3. Preparing dockets.

4. Filing and approving criminal, probate and notary bonds.

5. Processing all Superior Court ordered fees, fines, forfeitures, restitution, and investments including child support payments.

6. Issuance of writs and warrants.

1. Manage and enhance Pierce County government communications programs, including close coordination with the Rainier Communications Center (RCC) including media and community relations, internet and electronic communications.

2. Build internal organizational communications structure between and among all employees, departments and branches.

3. Promote Pierce County as a vital and desirable community for business, residence, recreation and tourism. Assist and collaborate with the Visitor and Convention Bureau, the Economic Development Board, the Chambers of Commerce, Pierce County's Business and Economic Development Program, and other governments and organizations which engage in promotional efforts on behalf of the greater Pierce County Community.

4. Create new avenues and improve existing methods to build communications between County government and other jurisdictions within the borders of Pierce County, including the cities, the Port of Tacoma, the Puyallup Tribe, the school districts, and the state and federal governments.

5. Work with the County Executive, Council, departments, divisions and work in collaboration with the RCC as well as the other branches of County government to develop a message for advancing Pierce County's positions and interests on issues of significance.

1. Manage the County's business development and loan programs.

2. Provide oversight of the collaborative efforts between Pierce County and other jurisdictions to retain and attract business and economic development.

3. Analyze, advise, recommend and implement solutions to complex business and economic development issues facing the region.

4. Advise the County Executive, department directors, and other jurisdictions on regulatory matters as they impact business and industrial groups.

5. Development and administration of cultural and arts education programs, community-based arts festivals, and arts-in-residence programs.

1. Prepare and coordinate plans for Emergency Management with the County in the event of a disaster.

2. Develop mutual aid agreements to be executed by the County Executive or designee for the purposes of regional Emergency Management.

3. Act as the hazardous materials incident coordinating agency for Pierce County.

4. Manage and coordinate the County inter-departmental radio communications system.

5. Manage, coordinate and maintain system data base for County-wide (including municipalities) computerized telephone emergency access Enhanced 9-1-1 system.

1. Facilities Planning and Construction, Facilities Maintenance, Property Management, and Administrator of the Courthouse Security Standing Committee.

2. The powers and responsibilities of each Section are as follows:

1. Accounting which includes maintaining the official accounting records for all County funds, processing all payroll and nonpayroll expenses, maintaining accounts receivable and billing system(s), preparing necessary financial reports, and maintaining appropriate cost accounting and management information systems.

2. Budget and Grant Management which includes preparation and monitoring of the County's budget, coordinating all grant related budgeting and accounting functions, and performing management analyses.

3. Treasury Management which is responsible for investment of County and outside district cash, accounting for all receipts, maintaining appropriate bank account records, maintaining appropriate debt service management records, processing tax assessment payments, collecting delinquent property tax and other overdue accounts, and preparing financial reports for outside districts and underwriters.

4. Purchasing which arranges for the procurement of all goods and services for all County departments, with the exception of public works projects and personal service contracts, assigns vendor numbers, coordinates the County fixed asset inventory, disposes of County personal property inventory, processes the titles and licensing of all County vehicles, disposes of County personal property, and manages the County fleet rental pool.

5. Internal Auditing which is responsible for internal review of County financial systems, reports, and procedures.

6. Equity Index Mapping which includes publishing a publicly available interactive tool designed to assess and improve access to opportunity using demographic, geographic, socioeconomic, and countywide community indicator data.

7. County Vehicle Maintenance Garage which dispatches County fleet pool vehicles and performs repair and preventative maintenance on them.

8. General Services which includes the print shop, quick copy and convenience copy, central supply receiving and distribution, mail processing, records management, and interoffice routing and mail delivery.

9. Information Technology, which includes the following functions:

10. Risk Management and Insurance, which must be overseen by the Risk Manager, and includes the following functions:

1. Recruitment, employment and transfers of all County personnel other than those positions exempted by the Pierce County Charter and for all other departments upon request.

2. Coordinates general training of all County employees.

3. Labor relations and negotiations.

4. Administration of Employee Benefits.

5. Administration of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action programs.

6. Classification and compensation of employees and monitoring of unemployment compensation.

7. Provides staff assistance to the Personnel Review Board, the Board of Equalization and the Sheriff's Civil Service Commission.

8. Special programs including the employee suggestion, employee assistance, and deferred compensation programs.

9. Maintenance of County personnel files.

10. Administration of the Sheriff's Civil Service System.

1. Serving as the focal point for long-term care systems planning and development, service implementation and coordination.

2. Advocating and exercising public leadership on behalf of Pierce County residents who are aging, have physical or developmental disabilities, or are in need of chemical dependency or mental health services.

3. Researching, planning and coordinating service delivery and allocation of State and Federal dollars, and selecting and monitoring related subcontracts and vendors in the areas of aging and long-term care, chemical dependency, and developmental disabilities.

4. Researching, planning and coordinating mental health functions and may deliver direct public mental health services under contract.

5. Community planning; marketing; business, financial, and technical assistance; and commercial revitalization services.

6. Planning, contracting, and project management of public service, construction, housing, and neighborhood revitalization projects.

7. Developing and administering of WSU-Pierce County Cooperative Extension services:

8. Developing and administering programs designed to reduce the impact of poverty and to assist in creating opportunities for the economically disadvantaged, with emphasis on children and families' services, employment services, housing services, energy/weatherization, and emergency services, as a designated Community Action Agency in accordance with Washington State Law, RCW 43.63A.115.

9. Administering veterans' assistance programs as defined by RCW 73.08.005(8).

10. Administering the Mobile Community Intervention Response Team Program.

1. Protecting the public health, safety, and welfare by determining the cause and manner of sudden, unexpected, violent, suspicious, or unnatural deaths with the use of trained medical evaluation and investigatory procedures.

2. Providing documented, impartial medical evidence for civil and criminal proceedings.

3. Exposing unrecognized and industrial hazards to public health.

1. Maintenance and operation of Pierce County parks.

2. Maintenance and operation of recreational facilities, including golf courses, marinas, and ball fields.

3. Development and operation of County recreation programs.

4. Grounds maintenance.

5. Parks and Recreation Facility Planning.

1. Planning which is responsible for preparation and/or coordination of plans and regulations to guide future development and natural resource programs in the unincorporated areas of the County.

2. Administering programs including, but not limited to, zoning regulations, long-range planning, historic preservation, farm and agricultural assistance, State Environmental Policy Act, and Shoreline Management Act. The department works with the Planning Commission, Hearing Examiner, Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission, Boundary Review Board and other advisory boards in review of planning and other associated matters.

3. Processing all permits issued by Pierce County related to land development and construction within unincorporated areas of the County.

4. Administering and enforcing various codes and regulations in accordance with adopted ordinances. These codes and regulations include, but are not limited to: the International Building Code; International Mechanical Code; Uniform Plumbing Code; International Fire Code; Zoning and Sign Regulations; Energy Code; grading, filling, and clearing; flood damage prevention; road approach standards; and other construction and development-related regulations.

5. Providing technical review of permit applications for development including plats, subdivisions and commercial developments.

6. Developing assessment rolls for ULID formation; acquiring utility lands and easements; processing customer billings; responding to customer service requests; collecting plan review, inspection and connection charges for wastewater service.

7. Reviewing plans for developer extensions, ULIDs, community systems, complex building sewers, pumping stations, wastewater treatment plants, and designed small facility additions to wastewater facilities. The department also creates "as-built" plans for all the department's facilities such as pump stations, treatment plants, community systems, and it maps the County sewer system mains and side sewers.

8. Assessing capacity availability and future needs to plan the building or expansion of facilities to ensure orderly system growth. It also plans future ULIDs, facilities and service areas, and incorporates requests for sewer service into the growth plans of the system.

9. Inspecting County ULIDs, pump stations, treatment plants, on-site community systems and connections to ensure compliance with approved plans and specifications. The department also inspects to discover illegal connections to the system and find areas requiring remedial repair action and generates flow data for the system and information for planning.

10. Maintaining all the department's mains, pump stations, treatment plants, community systems, and domestic water supply systems including electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation maintenance; providing minor construction and repair to the mains and interceptors; providing laboratory testing and plant operations to ensure compliance with all state and federal wastewater regulation; pretreating wastes; and disposing of sludge.

11. Planning, designing, engineering, constructing and maintaining County roads, bridges, active transportation infrastructure, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, traffic control systems, surface water and storm drainage systems, river flood control projects, and domestic water supply systems.

12. Operating ferries.

13. Conducting transportation planning, commute trip reduction and transportation program development and implementation.

14. Acquiring rights-of-way and managing property for Planning and Public Works improvements.

15. Acquiring and maintaining surveying and mapping data.

16. Issuing permits to perform work within County road rights-of-way and controlling activities.

17. Administering and managing the equipment revolving fund.

18. Providing administration, management, fiscal control, support services and capital acquisition necessary to support the activities of the Planning and Public Works Department. The director shall assure that requirements contained in Chapter 36.80 RCW (County Road Engineer) are fulfilled.

19. Operating Pierce County airports (Thun Field and Tacoma Narrows).

20. Planning and managing the County's water supplies and/or water rights.

21. Administering, managing, and operating a water supply utility, including the negotiation and administration of contracts for the sale of water.

22. Removing and disposing of illegally placed commercial signage from County road rights-of-way.

23. Administering and managing the County's efficiency and sustainability programs including: coordinating Countywide efforts to increase energy conservation and waste reduction throughout County facilities and operations, fostering resiliency to impacts to County infrastructure, promoting efficient Countywide operational initiatives, encouraging cost effective land use practices, promoting initiatives that reduce air and water pollution in efforts to improve the health of Puget Sound, and developing and updating Sustainability Plans.

24. Coordinating with the Pierce Conservation District.

25. Coordinating with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department on environmental health issues.