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Spokane council approves housing and eviction-assistance funding, names Jacoby Byrd city clerk
Summary
At an inaugural Wednesday session, Council President Betsy Wilkerson said the Spokane City Council approved funding for housing and homeless services and eviction assistance and unanimously appointed Jacoby Byrd as city clerk; appointment details and funding amounts were not specified.
Council President Betsy Wilkerson opened the recorded council recap and said the City of Spokane’s council approved several personnel and budget actions at its inaugural Wednesday meeting.
Wilkerson said the council approved funding allocations for housing and homeless services "for operations and service programs," and approved allocations "for eviction assistance funding." The transcript did not specify dollar amounts or funding sources.
Wilkerson also announced appointments to the park board and to the Spokane Urban Native Advisory Council (SUNAC); the transcript did not provide the names of appointees or vote tallies for those items.
On a separate, recorded action, Wilkerson said the council "unanimously approved the appointment of Jacoby Byrd as the city clerk for the city of Spokane." The transcript provides no mover, seconder, or detailed roll-call vote.
Wilkerson began the session with a salutation honoring "the life and service of Wesley Anderson, a lifelong mentor, friend, veteran, and community servant," then closed by thanking viewers and inviting the public to the next Wednesday legislative session.
No statutory citations, funding sources, or vote tallies were provided in the recorded recap. Where the transcript omitted quantitative or procedural detail, those items are described here as not specified. The council’s next steps or effective dates for the actions Wilkerson described were not included in the transcript.
