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Votes at a glance: smoke detectors funding, meeting‑day code change, festival streets deferred, immigration code fix, emergency item added

Spokane City Council · February 24, 2026
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Summary

Council approved $2,500 from the Fire Department fund balance for smoke detectors, adopted a meeting‑day code change, deferred a festival‑streets ordinance, adopted a technical amendment to an immigration enforcement code item, and added an emergency interim control on detention facilities to the March 2 agenda.

Here are the key actions the Spokane City Council recorded during the agenda‑setting meeting:

1) Smoke‑detector program (SBO 36843) — Approved: Council approved amending SBO 36843 to allow $2,500 from the Fire Department fund balance to purchase roughly 160 smoke detectors to continue an installation program that reaches about 500 homes yearly. Chief Tom Williams said the FEMA grant that funded the program previously ended and the funding request is modest…

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