Pierce County Council Meeting In Lakewood Tonight

LAKEWOOD, WA - The Pierce County Council will hold its regular session meeting tonight at City Hall as part of its revolving in-district meeting series.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m., and the biggest item on the agenda is a vote on a mental health sales tax, which would increase the local sales tax by one-tenth of 1 percent to better fund behavioral health services. The Council has been discussing implementing the sales tax since September. Prior to that, the county had commissioned a study on mental health services, which revealed gaps in care.

You can read more about the ordinance related to the mental health sales tax here.

Lakewood is in council district 6, which is represented by Council Chair Douglas Richardson.

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