2.98.050 Organization.
A. The Council shall elect a Chair and any other officers deemed appropriate. The Council shall organize itself in such manner as it deems appropriate, consistent with this Chapter and RCW 72.09.300, including the adoption of rules and bylaws and the formation of subcommittees.
B. There shall be a standing subcommittee of the Council known as the Law and Justice Community Oversight Subcommittee composed of each of the following or designee: a member of the Pierce County Council, the Pierce County Sheriff, the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, a member of the Tacoma City Council, the Chief of the Tacoma Police Department, a representative of the Pierce County Police Chiefs Association, and the Secretary of the State Department of Corrections. In selecting a representative of the Pierce County Police Chiefs Association, consideration should be given to jurisdictions with the highest saturation of crime and the highest offender populations.
1. The subcommittee shall have oversight of all issues involving transition of offenders into the community, including review of county of origin and other particulars of offenders released by the Department of Corrections, review of equitable offender program siting and maintenance, review of whether offender housing is appropriate under zoning and other laws, and contracting with the Department of Corrections for community control of offender placement in work release or residential reentry centers in Pierce County.
2. The Pierce County Council shall retain or designate one employee who shall serve as staff to the Law and Justice Community Oversight Subcommittee and who shall systematically gather information concerning offender placement, housing, and programs, and concerning other issues identified by the subcommittee and who shall otherwise work and report as directed by the subcommittee.