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City briefed on ARPA-funded language access tool; initial developer cost $130,000 and translations billed pennies per document
Summary
City staff told the committee that ARPA funds paid about $130,000 for a locally developed translation application the city owns, and that translation usage since August has cost about $51.38; staff outlined a three-phase rollout that includes website integration and a collaborative correction process.
Spokane's Office of Civil Rights and the city web team briefed the Finance and Administration Committee on progress using ARPA funds to create a language access tool and an implementation plan.
Josh Webb (Webb) and Jarell Haynes, director of the Office of Civil Rights, said the city contracted a local programmer and spent about $130,000 over roughly eight months to develop a translation application that the city will own and support. Webb said the city "built a whole set of technologies to build into the next phase of the city's website" and will own the code.
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