At the Spokane City Council briefing, staff said two consent items related to Shrek involve payments owed to the city for use of space and that the recent public announcement about Shrek would not affect the council's contract recommendations.

Mr. Scott, briefing the council, said the items pertain to "dollars that are owed by Shrek to the city for use of the space" and that the agreements under consideration are retroactive, covering payments already owed. Chief Williams told the council the city "actually ended up getting more money than we were originally going to get." Council members said they had no formal spokesperson present to answer additional questions at the briefing and asked for a plan or report on the transition in a future meeting.

Deputy City Administrator Yates was expected to brief the matter at committee earlier in the day but that briefing was postponed; council members said a report-back or plan would be scheduled for the council's July 14 meeting or committee review.

Ending: The briefing record shows staff recommended that the consent items proceed; the transcript does not contain a recorded roll-call vote on the Shrek consent items in the excerpt provided.