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Council hears staff requests to contract for temporary workers’ compensation administration and retain outside labor counsel

3850806 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

City staff requested authority for a temporary contract to handle workers’ compensation claims while the city trains a replacement for a specialized vacant position, and the council reviewed continued use of outside labor counsel.

City staff briefed the Spokane City Council on two personnel-related contracts: a request to bring in third-party administrative services to process workers’ compensation claims temporarily and the continued use of outside special counsel for labor matters.

Mike Piccolo (staff) explained that a specialized workers’ compensation position is vacant and that training a replacement would take…

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