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Spokane County commissioners approve consent items, alley vacation and sign-on letter for North Spokane Corridor
Summary
At the March 25 consent meeting commissioners approved multiple consent items (including wildfire rebuild funding), vacated a portion of Mitchell Avenue alleyway (road file 2027), and authorized drafting and signing a letter supporting the North Spokane Corridor coalition; board also scheduled a closed session on labor negotiations.
The Spokane County Board of County Commissioners took several formal actions during its March 25 consent-agenda meeting.
Approve consent items 3'7 7: Commissioners moved and approved a bundled motion to accept items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 on the consent agenda, including subitems and a recorded correction to item 3 that the item should refer to a "steering committee of elected officials" instead of the planning commission and schedule consideration for April 1, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. The motion passed by voice vote.
Vacate portion of Mitchell Avenue Alleyway (County Engineer's Road file number 2027): The board accepted the county engineer's recommendation to vacate a portion of Mitchell Avenue alleyway near the west side of Liberty Lake. County Public Works staff described the area proposed for vacation as an upside-down T-shaped right-of-way with a steep, heavily forested draw and a small stream; staff said the location is impractical to build as a road and that previous portions of the right-of-way had already been vacated. With no public testimony, the board approved the engineer's recommendation by voice vote.
North Spokane Corridor coalition letter: Commissioners approved drafting and signing a joint letter, on behalf of the board, supporting the North Spokane Corridor timeline and urging the state legislative delegation to avoid delays. The board authorized the chair or a majority of the board to sign the final letter outside an open public meeting if necessary; a deadline of the end of the week was discussed in the meeting record.
Closed session: The board announced it would go into closed session to discuss labor negotiations; no details were disclosed in the public record.
Votes at a glance (recorded on the meeting audio): - Motion to approve items 3'7 7 (including subitems) and noted correction to item 3: Approved by voice vote (unanimous among those present). - Motion to accept county engineer recommendation to vacate Mitchell Avenue Alleyway (Road file 2027): Approved by voice vote (unanimous among those present). - Motion to approve drafting and signing of joint letter for the North Spokane Corridor coalition and delegate signing authority to the chair or majority of the board: Approved by voice vote (unanimous among those present).
No roll-call tallies naming each commissioner's vote were recorded in the public audio; approvals were made by voice vote with all present saying "aye."
