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Council directs fee changes, hires and project staff for engineering and facilities work; Pines grade separation to add temporary positions
Summary
Council gave consensus to update right‑of‑way permit fees and create 1 permanent right‑of‑way inspector FTE; it also approved adding two temporary project positions paid from the Pines Road grade‑separation project (a senior engineer and an engineering technician) and agreed to reclassify a vacant facilities inspector to a facilities manager.
Spokane Valley city staff briefed council on a suite of staffing and fee changes on April 8 and received council direction to proceed with several measures to address inspection capacity, large capital projects and new grant obligations.
City Services Administrator Gloria Manns and Engineering Manager Erica Amston (transcribed as "Bridal Anston/Erica Amston") said the city's right‑of‑way inspection program has been stretched by a record permitting workload in 2023–24. A single right‑of‑way inspector handled roughly 1,000 permits in 2024, staff said, and the city used consultants and overtime to meet demand. Manns recommended hiring an additional permanent right‑of‑way inspector FTE and updating right‑of‑way permit fees in…
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