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At a glance: Spokane council approves consent additions, schedules ordinance hearings and votes to defer several items
Summary
Spokane City Council on April 14 suspended rules to add a towing contract to the consent agenda, deferred a developer agreement for the 7‑Mile sewer pump station for one month and scheduled further hearings on two ordinances; it also approved verbal edits to a Medicaid resolution and recessed to executive session.
Spokane City Council on April 14 handled several procedural and consent‑related actions: it suspended rules to add consent agenda item 16 (an Evergreen State Towing contract) and approved an amended contract, deferred a developer agreement (OPR 20,250,199) for the 7‑Mile sewer pump station for one month at the administration’s request, adopted a technical code amendment, indefinitely deferred ordinance C-36674 (sit‑and‑lie) and approved verbal edits to a Medicaid reimbursement resolution. The council approved the agendas as modified and recessed to an executive session on potential and pending litigation.
Key outcomes and procedural motions
- Evergreen State Towing contract (consent item 16): Councilmember Zappone moved to suspend the rules and add the item; the motion carried. The council then moved to amend and substitute the contract with a version circulated by Chris Wright; that amendment was approved by voice vote.
- OPR 20,250,199 (developer agreement for 7‑Mile sewer pump station): Marlene (city staff) requested a one‑month deferral while final financial and engineering terms are negotiated. Council approved a one‑month deferral.
- Ordinance C-36667 (gender/health/schools provisions): Council debated multiple competing amendments (see separate article). Council adopted a technical Dylan amendment updating Title 18 language and scheduled first reading for April 21 with final consideration April 28.
- Ordinance C-36674 (sit‑and‑lie): Councilmember moved to indefinitely defer this ordinance; the motion passed after discussion about roundtables, enforcement overlap with pedestrian‑interference rules and resource constraints.
- Medicaid reimbursement resolution (verbal edits): Councilmembers proposed and approved verbal amendments to a resolution on Medicaid reimbursement language to avoid overstating that cuts had already been made; the wording was changed to indicate proposed cuts ‘‘that could impact Medicaid and other health care programs’’ and to attribute state proposals correctly when applicable. The council suspended rules so the amended resolution could remain on the agenda for consideration tonight.
- Agendas and executive session: The council approved the agendas as modified and recessed into a 20‑minute executive session to discuss potential and pending litigation; no action was announced from the executive session.
Several votes were taken by voice; where staff recorded tallies they were noted in the clerk’s record. Where the transcript did not provide a full roll‑call tally, this summary reports recorded outcomes and deferral dates without inferring unrecorded vote counts.
Actions that require follow up include returning the OPR developer agreement after negotiation, incorporation of the substituted towing contract into the consent agenda for final approval, and scheduling C‑36667 materials for April 21.
