2026-09-22 - City Council Workshop

Summary

Built from the official minutes. The video has no transcript yet, so the transcript section below is still pending.

Workshop, 12:30 to 2:02 p.m.; six members present, Tolmachoff absent.
Fire Department presented its proposal to pursue CFAI accreditation (no vote).
Parks and Recreation updated the Glendale Glitters plan for 2026.
City Manager reported staff service milestones, a Glendale Adult Center award, the Pink Patch Project and the first TKO event (nearly 17,000 attendees, more than $4.4 million in ticket sales).
Council items: Conchas asked to light City facilities purple in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and for a review of fiscal year 2025-26 heat relief allocations and funding gaps for the heat relief center network.
Executive session 1:06 to 2:02 p.m. (6-0 to enter and to leave) on the appointment and salary of the Presiding Judge and legal advice.

Chief Freeburg and Chief Ellis presented; no definitive financial benefit, annual maintenance for five years; most of the nine 2024 risk assessment recommendations are done. Council may join virtual community sessions.

Kennedy: opening-night kickoff and tree lighting return to the amphitheater; vendor plans, lighting, road closures and enforcement footprint covered.

Banger: first of seven TKO events over three years was Desert Diamond Arena's highest-grossing.

Executive session on the appointment and salary of the Presiding Judge; he was sworn in at the voting meeting, 2026-09-22 - City Council.

Transcript pending.