The Spokane County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved additional paid holidays for nonrepresented, benefits-eligible county employees on Dec. 24 and Dec. 26, 2025, during a special hybrid meeting on Monday, Dec. 22.

An unidentified staff member read the single agenda item into the record, citing “the president's executive order dated 12/18/2025” and asking the board to authorize paid time off for eligible county employees on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, and Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, and to allow closure of certain county offices on those dates.

The motion to approve the measure was made and seconded on the floor; the meeting minutes and voice vote record in the transcript do not specify the names of the member who moved or the member who seconded. The moderator called for a voice vote and reported the action passed unanimously. “We have a unanimous decision to allow everyone to have Christmas Eve, Christmas day and the day after Christmas off,” the moderator said.

The measure applies specifically to nonrepresented, benefits-eligible county employees, as described in the agenda text read to the board. The transcript contains a minor typographical error when listing the second closure date as “Friday, 12/26/2005”; the meeting context and the executive order date indicate the intended year is 2025.

No amendments, conditions or implementation details were recorded in the meeting transcript. The board’s moderator closed the short meeting with seasonal greetings and said commissioners expect to reconvene in January unless another special meeting is needed.

What the vote means: the board’s unanimous approval authorizes the specified paid holiday leave for eligible county employees on the named dates and permits the closure of certain county offices; the transcript does not specify which offices will close, which departments will be assigned implementation responsibilities, or whether any additional employees (such as represented staff under collective-bargaining agreements) are affected. That information was not specified in the transcript.

Next steps: the transcript does not show any follow-up assignments or effective-date language beyond the dates listed; county staff are the likely parties to implement the closures and leave approvals, but the transcript does not name a responsible department.