Council approves several agenda changes, settles claim amendment and amends purchasing ordinance

Spokane City Council members on April 7 approved several procedural motions that adjusted the April 14 agenda and amended an existing ordinance and a settlement agreement.

The council voted to defer OPR 2025-0242 (Maple Street grind and overlay low bid) to April 14, approved adding a special-consideration letter about funding for the North–South Corridor to tonight’s agenda by suspending the rules, approved an amendment to resolution 2025-0018 adjusting a settlement amount for Dan Aiken, and amended ordinance 36650 to clarify how interlocal purchasing agreements relate to individual contracts.

Council President Bree Wilkerson called the roll at the start of the meeting; council members present were Wilkerson, Dylan, Cathcart, Bridal, Klitzke and Navarrete; Council member Zapone was absent. The motions below were moved and seconded as noted on the record.

Details of formal actions

- Deferral of OPR 2025-0242 (Maple Street grind and overlay): Moved by Council member Klitzke (mover not explicitly named in transcript) and seconded (second not named on record). The motion to defer this procurement item carried after an oral voice vote and was recorded as deferred to April 14, 2025. The record shows council members responded “aye.” Vote tally not specified on the record.

- Suspension to consider special-consideration item and addition of North–South Corridor letter: Council member Cathcart moved to suspend the rules; another member seconded. The suspension passed by voice vote. Council member Cathcart then moved to add the letter as a special-consideration item; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The noon-circulated version of the letter was specified as the version added.

- Amendment to resolution 2025-0018 (Dan Aiken settlement): A motion to amend the existing resolution to change the settlement amount was moved and seconded; the amendment passed on a voice vote recorded as “aye.” The amendment adjusted the amount by $2,000 from the last circulated figure, according to staff remarks.

- Amendment to ordinance 36650 (intergovernmental purchase contracts): A motion to amend ordinance 36650 to clarify that entering into an interlocal purchasing agreement does not remove the requirement to return to council for contracts above the “minor contract” threshold was moved, seconded, and approved by voice vote.

Outcome and next steps

The deferral means the Maple Street contract will return to the April 14 council meeting for further consideration. The added North–South Corridor letter will appear on tonight’s agenda as the version circulated at noon the same day. The settlement and ordinance amendments were approved and will proceed as amended. Where the transcript recorded only oral voice responses, specific numerical tallies were not provided; the record lists the items as approved or deferred as described.

Votes recorded in this meeting were procedural (agenda and ordinance management) rather than final land-use approvals or budget adoptions; specific contract awards and the Maple Street low-bid decision will be considered at a later meeting as noted by staff.