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Spokane adopts ordinance to strengthen hiring and use of translation and interpretation skills
Summary
The Spokane City Council passed an ordinance directing the city to create policies and procedures to attract, recruit and utilize employees with certified translation or interpretation skills, professional fluency, or native language proficiency; implementation details were not specified.
Council Member Lilina Barreta, District 2, said the council passed an ordinance directing the city to establish policies and procedures to attract, recruit and effectively utilize employees who possess certified translation or interpretation skills, professional fluency, or are native speakers of languages other than English.
"Language should never be a barrier to accessing city services, and this is a significant step towards breaking those barriers down," Barreta said in her opening remarks.
The ordinance text was summarized in Barreta's remarks as directing city policy changes; the transcript did not provide the ordinance number, enactment language, departments responsible for implementation, budget implications or a timeline for hiring and training.
No roll‑call vote tally or mover/second was recorded in the meeting remarks captured by the transcript.
