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- Welcome to this week's
Spokane City Council update.

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I'm Council Member Michael Cathcart.

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This week, we approved a number of items,

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including a re-authorization
of a false alarm program

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through the Spoke Police Department,

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which is intended to
cut down on the number

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of unnecessary calls our
officers have to respond to.

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In addition to that, we approved funding

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for an overtime program for our officers

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who have been riding on local buses

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during the lockdown phase of COVID-19,

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because of some additional
security concerns

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that the Spokane Transit
Authority had expressed

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to the city.

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And we also approved the mayor's pick

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for the new human resources director

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within the City of
Spokane, Amber Richards.

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She is a former director of
the civil service program

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here in the City of Spokane,

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and she also served as
a logistics coordinator

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at the emergency communication center

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during the height of COVID.

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Another ordinance that
was brought up this week

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that had been deferred a
couple of times is an ordinance

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regarding homelessness and
continued sheltering options

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within the City of Spokane.

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That was approved on a six to one vote.

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The other measure that was
brought forward this time

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and had been delayed a number of times,

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in fact, going back to December,

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and finally was voted on
a couple of weeks back

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and then vetoed by the mayor is

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the mosquito ordinance, which has to do

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with certain noise machines
outside of some businesses

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in Downtown Spokane in particular,

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but also in some of our business centers.

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There were multiple components
to the mosquito ordinance

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being brought back this week.

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The first was to approve
a delayed enforcement

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of the ordinance, should
the veto be overridden

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by the council, and that was approved

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on a seven to zero vote and
that means that this ordinance

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won't be enforced for at least 60 days,

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and perhaps longer, depending upon when

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the downtown police precinct
is opened to the public.

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And the other component
to that, obviously,

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was the veto override itself,

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and a majority of the
council, in fact five votes,

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did decide to override that veto

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on a five to two vote.

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And so, that ordinance
does now go into law,

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and that is this week's
city council update.