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Public commenters ask for expanded workers memorial and local-hire agreement; board approves consent items and committee assignments
Summary
Rick Olsen (Spokane Regional Labor Council) urged expansion of a workers memorial (noting names haven't been added since 2019 and citing work-related death counts); Kathy Gunderson urged a community workforce agreement tied to the parks levy; the board approved a six-item consent agenda (including a reroofing project) and accepted 2026 committee assignments unanimously.
Two members of the public addressed the Park Board during the public-comment period.
Rick Olsen, representing the Spokane Regional Labor Council, asked the board to help expand a workers memorial currently located at Mission Park and said the memorial "hasn't had any names added to it since 2019." Olsen told the board that, "on average, there's 100 people that die a year in the state of Washington that are work related deaths," and that the memorial site has limited parking which…
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