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Spokane City Council approves budget amendments, grants and technical corrections in unanimous votes
Summary
Council approved several special budget ordinances and emergency technical corrections — including acceptance of grants and a transformer purchase — and passed a technical emergency ordinance amending eviction‑prevention rules; all recorded votes on these items were 7‑0.
The Spokane City Council on Monday approved multiple budget and emergency ordinances on the consent agenda, each passing on voice vote with a recorded tally of 7‑0.
Miss Pfister read special budget ordinance C 36 879, which amends the mid‑biennial budget to accept two FIFO grants and declared an emergency; the council approved it 7‑0. The council then approved Ordinance C 36 880 to accept additional funding from the Administrative Office of the Courts (7‑0) and Ordinance C 36 881 to amend the mid‑biennial budget to purchase a transformer for Upper Verdam (7‑0). The clerk noted one consent item (No. 17) was deferred to the June 8 meeting.
Council also approved Emergency Ordinance C 36 875 making technical corrections to recently enacted eviction prevention provisions (amending a Spokane Municipal Code section) and declared it an emergency. Council member Dillon thanked Council member Cathcart and staff for clarifying the implementation date and said the technical fix was needed; the ordinance passed 7‑0.
The council additionally approved Resolution 2026‑37 endorsing funding for a one‑time FIFA World Cup grant and authorizing execution of related contracts without further council review (7‑0). Council took first reading of Ordinance C 36 883 to regulate aggressive speeding and street racing (new chapter 16.85 of the Spokane Municipal Code) but deferred further action; no vote was taken on that ordinance.
Votes at a glance: ordinance C 36 879 (accept FIFO grants) — passed 7‑0; ordinance C 36 880 (courts funding) — passed 7‑0; ordinance C 36 881 (transformer purchase) — passed 7‑0; emergency ordinance C 36 875 (eviction prevention technical corrections) — passed 7‑0; resolution 2026‑37 (FIFA World Cup grant endorsement) — passed 7‑0. First reading: ordinance C 36 883 on street racing — deferred.
