The City of Tacoma has created a City Council Orientation Handbook to provide an overview of the how the City is set up and how it works.

View the 2018 City Council Orientation Handbook

The orientation handbook is divided up into these sections:

	City of Tacoma Overview
	Tacoma 2025
	City Budget
	City Charter
	Council Rules of Procedure
	Standing Committees
	Washington State Laws and City of Tacoma Policies

Additional resources are also available for newly-elected officials from the Association of Washington Cities.