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Votes at a glance: smoke detectors funding, meeting‑day code change, festival streets deferred, immigration code fix, emergency item added
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 relative to the department budget.
2) Council meeting day (Ordinance C36738) — Adopted/processed: Council approved an ordinance conforming municipal code to change the council legislative meeting to Wednesday evenings (committees/agenda review Tuesday). Council noted the ordinance would be handled per the standard deferral/first‑reading pattern.
3) Festival streets (Ordinance C36782) — Deferred: Council member Zapone requested additional outreach and notification language for business districts; the council deferred first reading to March 23 and final consideration to March 30.
4) Immigration enforcement free zones (Ordinance C36846) — Technical amendment adopted: Council suspended the rules to correct code references after recent updates to SMC 12.05; Dylan’s amendment aligned the ordinance with the current code sections.
5) Emergency ordinance C36851 (detention facilities) — Added: Council suspended the rules and agreed to add an emergency interim control relating to detention facilities to the March 2 agenda for first reading.
6) Agendas approved and recess: The council approved the modified agendas and recessed into executive session on labor negotiations and real estate with no action expected prior to the 6 p.m. meeting.
Speakers and particulars are drawn from the meeting transcript. Vote styles included voice votes, hand raises and reported tallies noted in the record.
