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Spokane council approves salary changes, work plans and shelter contracting; kratom ban deferred to March 2
Summary
Spokane City Councilmember Michael Cathcart said the council approved an SBO adjusting some employee salary ranges, adopted work plans for two advisory bodies, authorized contracting extra inclement-weather shelter beds, and approved technical fire-code updates; consideration of a kratom sales ban was deferred to March 2.
Michael Cathcart, Spokane City Councilmember for District 1, said the council on its most recent meeting approved personnel and policy items including adjustments to employee salary ranges and work plans for two advisory bodies, authorized the city to contract for additional inclement-weather shelter beds and approved technical updates to the city’s fire code.
The actions, Cathcart said, included approval of “an SBO that authorizes changes to, salary ranges for some city employees,” and adoption of the work plans for the Climate and Resiliency and Sustainability…
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