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Council confirms appointments and adopts routine ordinances; first readings deferred on others

Spokane City Council · November 25, 2025

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Summary

The council approved several routine items including appointments and contract authorizations and deferred first readings on items scheduled for later agendas. Resolutions confirming departmental appointments were carried, and multiple first‑reading ordinances were deferred for future action.

Alongside high‑profile budget and parking tax actions, Spokane City Council moved routine business: it confirmed appointments and approved several resolution items and contract authorizations included in the consent agenda and subsequent votes.

Council approved Resolution 2025‑99 confirming John Snyder as director of Transportation and Sustainability (vote recorded 5–2 on the appointment question) and approved Resolution 2025‑100 confirming Shauna Ernst as director of Analytics, Research and Technology within the Spokane Police Department (recorded 7–0). The council also approved community housing and human services contracts and issued waivers of public bid requirements for certain insurance premiums as part of the consent and connected agenda items.

Several first‑reading ordinances were deferred to future agendas for additional hearings and review. Public commenters raised concerns about utility franchise taxes, cable franchises and the proliferation of utility lines in public rights‑of‑way; council acknowledged these comments and scheduled additional consideration where required.

What happens next: deferred first readings will return to future agendas. Staff will formalize contract execution and appointment paperwork as authorized by the resolutions.