City Closures Planned For Labor Day

Garbage pickup will be a day late all week

Brian Coddington, Communications Director, 509.625.6740


Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 2:54 p.m.


In observance of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 7, the Waste-to-Energy facility will be closed, and garbage pickup and curbside recycling will be a day late all week, with normal Friday pickup planned for Saturday.

City of Spokane employees will not be available for phone or online customer service needs on Labor Day. That includes developer services and permit functions, 3-1-1 inquiries, utility billing questions, and records requests. City Hall, the City’s libraries, and other City facilities remain closed as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on City’s service changes visit our web site.

Labor Day is a parking meter holiday; meters do not need to be plugged. Spokane Municipal Court is closed Monday.

The Spokane City Council Briefing Session and Legislative Meeting have been cancelled for the week of Labor Day. The Council will hold its next weekly meetings on Monday, Sept. 14, at 3:30 and 6 p.m.  Meetings are shown live on CityCable 5, the City’s government-access cable station, and are streamed on the web at spokanecity.org. Citizens who want to provide testimony on an item on the Council’s agenda can learn more on the City’s web site.

The City’s golf courses will be open throughout the Labor Day weekend; book your tee time online. Riverfront Park’s Numerica SkyRide will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gondola rides are limited to family units only. Spokane County residents will receive 50% off admission when they mention “Locals’ Only” at the cashier stand. The Sky Ribbon Café will be open on Labor Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Playgrounds and park open spaces also remain open with appropriate physical distancing.