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Council approves opioid hotspot coordination contract amid public concern about street drug activity
Summary
After public comments opposed the city’s OPR20250008 contract with Consistent Care Services, the City Council voted to approve the contract separately from the rest of the consent agenda.
The Spokane City Council approved a contract with Consistent Care Services to coordinate an opioid hotspot response program after pulling the item from the broader consent agenda for a separate vote.
Several members of the public criticized the contract during public comment. Will Hewings, a downtown resident, said he strongly opposed OPR20250008 — the “hot spotters community care coordination contract” — arguing the program would not solve downtown fentanyl use and homelessness. “I express my strong opposition to OPR 20 250008, the so called hot spotters community care core…
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