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Committee hears plan to reclassify court clerks and change court administrator pay method; council questions timing and back pay

Spokane City Council Finance & Administration Committee · November 4, 2025
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Summary

Human resources proposed creating a prosecutor support specialist classification to reflect work some court clerks are already performing, and changing the court administrator from commissioner-based pay to an exempt/confidential salary grade.

Allison Adams presented two Q4 2025 personnel classification items the administration seeks to implement before the 2026 budget cycle.

The first reclassification would create a prosecutor support specialist classification and move a portion of existing court clerk employees into that new classification after a civil-service survey concluded several employees are performing higher-level duties under new electronic case-management systems. Adams said four of five current…

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