Spokane Valley City Council to discuss the ongoing lawsuit against contractors [Video]

Spokane Valley moved into their new city hall in September 2017 and quickly noticed something was wrong.

It was for three more years until they officially filed a lawsuit against the contractors; Spokane Valley reported cracks in the building and even walls starting to sink.

City Council agenda documents show the city estimates to have spent $6 million on legal fees and repairs. The case isn’t expected to hit court for another year.

“I think we could have done better from the very beginning,” Councilmember Al Merkel said. “In some ways you might say the foundation of the whole city has started to wear some cracks as a whole.”

City documents show Spokane Valley budgeted $6.1 million for the overall project to fix the building and seek reimbursement from the contractors.

“It looks like the city is going to be requesting even more funds for more lawyers to keep prosecuting …