City Hall Watch

Tips & Suggestions When advocating to Spokane City Council

How To Attend a Public City Council Meeting

City Council Meetings occur almost every Monday, at 6PM, in the Council Chambers at Spokane City Hall
If you’d like to give public testimony, you must sign up between 5PM – 6PM that day just outside of City Council Chambers.
You can view City Council Meeting Agenda’s and Minutes at the city council webpage.
Testimony can be for up to 3 minutes.
You do not need to give testimony to show up in support or opposition of legislation. Simply being in the crowd and standing while others give testimony is powerful as well.

Votes & deliberations are often deferred

Occasionally City Council will defer deliberation on an ordinance or resolution to a later date.
This often happens within two hours the City Council Meeting.
Please keep an eye out for deferments.
We will do our best to keep this webpage as up to date as possible, but we make no guarantees as to our ability to be constantly up to date.

You can also send a personal email to City Council

If you can’t be to the meeting in person, or would rather provide testimony online, you can always send an email to citycouncil@spokanecity.org.
Any emails sent in will be received by all city council members and their aide, and will be entered into public record in relation to the ordinance or resolution.
Please be sure to state the Ordinance name and description when expressing support or opposition.

Want to get even more involved?

The Spokane City Council Sustainability Action Subcommittee is always looking for volunteers.
This is a great opportunity to be a direct advocate for climate action at the city level.
Learn more about what the Sustainability Action Subcommittee does.
Or apply to join the subcommittee here.