2026-10-13 - City Council Voting Meeting

00:00.77] Good evening. Welcome to Glendale City Council meeting of October 13, 2026. This meeting

00:06.21] is called to order. A roll call is not necessary because everybody's here. So if you'd take

00:12.31] note of that. Next on our list here is a prayer and our invocation prayer and then also the

00:20.01] pledge allegiance. I'm going to ask if Adam, I don't know why I have such a hard time with

00:28.17] your last name, madam. With Templo Semeria, I probably messed that up too, Latin American

00:36.95] Council of the Christian Churches. I'm going to ask him if he would also, after he gives our

00:41.55] invocation, if he'd remain there and then give our pledge allegiance. If anyone in the audience is

00:46.59] wearing a hat, if it's unappropriate during prayer or pledge, if you'd remove it, if it's

00:52.03] appropriate, leave it on. With that, sir, go ahead. Let us pray. Dear Heavenly Father,

00:58.69] we come to you in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We thank you, Lord God, for your grace and for

01:02.13] your mercy, Lord God. We thank you for the blessings that you give us every day, Lord God.

01:05.85] In this moment, Lord God, I ask you, Lord God, and come before your throne of grace, Lord God,

01:09.41] to ask you, Lord God, to bless our mayor, Lord God, and each member of our council, Lord God,

01:15.05] that you be with each and every one of them, Lord God, each and every one of the people that,

01:19.23] Lord God, work here, Lord God, that you bless them, that you be with them, that you direct them,

01:23.56] Lord God, and the work, Lord God, that you have put in their hands, Lord God. Be with each one of

01:27.76] them in the decisions that they make here today, Lord God, that you, Lord God, lead them, Lord God,

01:32.19] in everything that they do, Lord God. We thank you, Lord God, for everything. Bless our city.

01:36.11] Be with us, Lord God, and guide us in Jesus Christ's name, we pray. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance

01:43.11] to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands,

01:49.17] one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, sir. I just want

01:55.88] to thank you, Mayor, for the proclamation for our church for celebrating 70 years this year.

02:00.87] Thank you, sir. You're more than welcome. Thank you. Okay, next is on the agenda is approval of

02:06.28] minutes from September 22, 2026 voting meeting. Council members, do you have any corrections

02:12.32] or additions to the minutes? Seeing and hearing none, can I get a motion to approve September 22,

02:18.11] 2026 voting meeting minutes? Mayor, I move we approve the minutes of the September 22,

02:23.61] 2026 voting meeting. I second. I have a motion to councilmember Turner, second to councilmember

02:28.90] Guzman to approve the minutes. All in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed,

02:34.23] say nay. Do you have it? So ordered. Consent agenda is the next item, items two through nine,

02:40.72] items on the consent agenda. They're routine in nature. They've been previously studied

02:45.12] by this council at a workshop session. Now these items, they're intended to be acted upon in one

02:49.80] motion by the council. Any speaker cards? No, Mayor. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve

02:56.99] consent agenda items two through nine? Yes, Mayor. I move to approve consent agenda items two

03:03.16] through nine. Second. I have a motion to councilmember Guzman, a second from councilmember Tomochop

03:09.03] to approve consent agenda items two through nine. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye.

03:13.75] Any opposed, say nay. Do you guys have it? Do have it. Ms. Miranda, would you also please read

03:18.76] consent resolutions item 10 through 13 by number and title. Item 10 resolution number R26-105,

03:28.16] a resolution of the Council of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, authorizing

03:33.74] the entering into of a sub-recipient agreement and authorizing the acceptance and expenditure

03:41.31] of the 2025 Arizona Department of Homeland Security grant program award in the amount of

03:47.34] 98,955 dollars for the 2025 HSGP Glendale Fire Department Metropolitan Medical Response

03:58.09] System/Mass Casualty Sustainment on behalf of the Glendale Fire Department. Item 11 resolution

04:08.30] number R26-106, a resolution of the Council of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona,

04:16.87] authorizing and directing into entering into of an intergovernmental agreement with the City

04:23.34] of Phoenix for the share of fiber communications infrastructure at the Bell Roads/53rd Avenue

04:31.72] and Camelback Road/99th Avenue intersections in the City of Glendale. Item 12 resolution number R26-107,

04:42.08] a resolution of the Council of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona,

04:47.56] authorizing the ratification of an airport improvement program grant from the Federal

04:52.91] Aviation Administration. Item 13 resolution number R26-108, a resolution of the Council

05:01.71] of the City of Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, authorizing and directing the entering into of the

05:08.03] Industrial Assessment Center's implementation grant fund agreement with the Defense Works

05:14.33] and the Department of Energy for HVAC cooling tower grant funding and authorizing the acceptance

05:20.75] and expenditure of the grant award in the amount of $247,266. And that is all the consent

05:31.82] resolutions, Mayor. Thank you. May I have a motion to approve consent resolutions item

05:35.98] 10-13? Yes, Mayor. I move we approve consent resolutions item 10-13. Second. I have a motion

05:42.55] to approve consent resolutions item 10-13. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye.

05:50.23] Any opposed say nay. Here's ayes have it, do have it, so be. Council comments and suggestions. We'll

05:58.15] start off with Mr. Baldonega. Have you any? None today, sir. Thank you. Councilmember Conchis?

06:02.30] Yes, Mayor. Thank you so much to the Vice Mayor for inviting me over to the Saguaro District,

06:07.66] also to our fire department. It was really good to see other council members as well there as

06:13.39] we unveiled the art mural and it was really great to see the smile on the child's face in the art.

06:19.23] As you can see, just the exuberant trust and also the joy that that child has in that painting.

06:25.83] I remember when I was about four years old, I hurt myself and they called the fire department

06:31.03] and I remember getting a stuffed animal from the fire department and ever since then I've always

06:36.71] loved firefighters and the fire department and so I appreciate that. That was a really great

06:43.03] opportunity to celebrate. Also, we have Gain Night on Saturday, October 17th and I will be

06:50.57] at Palm Shadows Mobile Home Park but thank you so much to the Mayor. He will also be there as well.

06:57.87] We really appreciate you, Mayor, for all of the work that you do on Gain Night. We know that you

07:01.71] have so many other places to go and we appreciate you stopping by Palm Shadows. Also, I'm wearing

07:08.19] my pink today because, one, I care really deeply about it. I know that we all have family members

07:15.27] or friends or people that we know that have been affected by breast cancer and also to my

07:20.95] assistant Isella, she recommended that I wear pink today and so thank you Isella for the

07:25.43] recommendation. And last but not least, domestic violence awareness month is October so let's

07:31.66] make sure to take care of our neighbors, our families, and our friends. Thank you, Mayor.

07:34.81] Councilmember Goodman. Yes, Mayor, I have a few things. Friday I went on my first ride along

07:41.79] in the Yucca District with the violent crime impact team, VSET for short. I want to thank

07:47.42] Sergeant Joshua Anderkin and his officers, especially Officer John Nairbas and Officer

07:54.14] Mario Hanna for letting me ride with them. Actually, Officer Hanna received the Officer

08:00.58] of the Year Award last year so we have some great officers. The VSET squad was created two years ago

08:07.81] to help with shot spotter calls and from 2025 to this year there has been a 30% reduction

08:14.94] in shooting incidents and a 38% reduction in rounds fired and I believe this is due

08:21.14] to the hard work of the VSET is doing and we are so lucky and blessed to have such passionate and

08:27.74] dedicated officers on our department. So thank you gentlemen and keep up the good work. Also,

08:33.56] on Saturday I attended the PBR professional bull riding event at the Desert Diamond Arena

08:39.10] and I want to give a shout out to our Arizona Ridge Riders. They won all three of their

08:45.96] competitions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and I look forward to attending the PBR World

08:51.88] Championship next year again at the Desert Diamond Arena in May of next year. Also,

08:58.89] and last thing, it's October and it's time for the second annual Yucca District Halloween

09:05.29] House Decoration Contest. So you can go to the Yucca District website or it's also in my

09:10.89] newsletter you can get all the information on how to enter your house for that contest. Thank you.

09:15.58] Thank you. Councilmember Tomocha. Thank you Mayor. I want to thank the Glendale Fire Department

09:21.09] and all of the residents that showed up Saturday for the fire prevention fair. The mayor and I

09:26.59] were out there and there was a pretty good turnout. There was a lot of information available. It was

09:31.32] fun to see the kids trying on the turnout gear. It was actually a really great event. So thank

09:37.27] you for putting that on. It's great to see the engagement with the community and also educating

09:42.07] the community. Also thank you to Glendale Police Department. The CAT team was out there too

09:46.07] talking to residents. So thank you for that. And I have to save the date. The annual Cholla holiday mixer

09:51.47] is Thursday, December 3rd at Foothills Recreation and Aquatic Center. So save the date. There'll be

09:56.83] more information to come at 5 30 that evening. So staff, I think pretty much all the staff has

10:02.32] already received and responded to an invitation. And to the Cholla, open to Cholla district members

10:07.97] only. We do check. Again, Thursday, December 3rd at Foothills Recreation Aquatic Center at 5 30.

10:15.65] Thank you, Mayor. Council Member Turner? Nothing tonight, Mayor. Vice Mayor? Thank you, Mayor. First,

10:22.81] I just wanted to thank staff, Public Safety and many of the staff who have been working on the

10:29.27] annual Granada States Festival is coming up on the 24th. That's really been a great event for

10:34.63] that community. And also a shout out to Bridge Church, who is a new partner this year to help

10:41.40] sponsor that event. Also, we're looking forward to another election season. Just a reminder,

10:49.61] early ballots are out in the mail. I want to remind that the strength of our community, our nation,

10:56.82] rests on participation of its people. Voting is more than just a civic duty. It's an expression

11:03.55] of hope, responsibility, and a confidence in the future we build together. President Ronald Reagan

11:09.28] once said, "The right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties." And that jewel shines

11:14.08] brightly when each of us take the time to make our voices heard. Here in Glendale, we take pride

11:20.99] in our neighborhoods, our families, our shared commitments to shape a better tomorrow. And your

11:28.24] voice influences that. Your vote is your voice, and your vote is a promise to the next generation

11:35.19] that our republic remains strong in our city and across the nation. Thank you. Okay, and I

11:41.60] typically don't add too much, but I will tonight. We were, all of the council was asked, if we

11:46.79] wouldn't mind doing a short video, acknowledging the fact of our employees, the very people that

11:53.93] service all of our taxpayers or constituents. And it's really hard, I think, for a lot of us to

12:03.47] put into words the stuff that you folks do every day without people even thinking about it.

12:10.10] What made me start thinking about it was this recent storm that we just had, even though we

12:14.26] didn't get very much rain here in Glendale, got a lot of wind. And as I was driving through my

12:19.34] neighborhood, almost every house on my block had at least one tree down somewhere. And I'm thinking

12:26.55] that the folks that have to pick up the bulk refuge, not only do they have their normal stuff

12:32.07] to do, and this time of year is when a lot of people like to get out there and start trimming trees

12:35.35] because it's a little bit cooler, but now they have that entire extra burden on top of that.

12:39.83] And Glendale is a big city. Got a lot of stuff that I'm sure is down. So not just our firefighters

12:46.51] and our police officers, which everybody knows that that's where my heart is, but to everybody,

12:51.22] everybody that every day comes to work here at Glendale, understanding that we serve. That's

12:56.59] our job. We're servant leaders. We make a difference in people's lives. And those tasks that

13:01.34] some people may not think about are huge. You've got a massive branch laying in your driveway.

13:06.81] It becomes a big problem that day. And we've got council that have got some incredible

13:13.33] citizens, but we've got some incredible employees trying to take care of those citizens. So

13:17.41] I think, and I'm pretty sure I'm right, but I think the entire council would all agree with,

13:22.53] for all of you, all of the staff, thank you so much for what you do every day for the leaders.

13:27.97] Please let your folks know. They're not here in the meeting tonight, but let them know. We really

13:31.17] do appreciate them if you would. With that, we're going to go on to citizens comments.

13:37.36] Next on that is just that council makes the opportunity to our citizens to bring information

13:42.32] business for the council. That's not on our printed agenda tonight. I've got a couple cards.

13:47.12] I have one for Mr. Steve Fox. He filled out the wrong card, but we got him straight on that.

13:52.52] It's supposed to be a blue card. You filled out a yellow one. We're still taking it anyway, Steve.

13:57.19] So come on up here podiums right there in the middle. If you would, just need you to state

14:01.83] your name. I don't need your address or I just need to know the crossroads. If you,

14:06.70] if you know them or if you know it even better, if you know the district that you're in,

14:10.46] just state that. And then you got three minutes. Go and turn your mic on there. There you go.

14:17.42] Don't push that. Hey, um, my name is Steve Fox, um, at Fox aviation at the Glendale airport.

14:25.84] And, um, I just, uh, little backstory. I'm an AMP and I, for the FAA, plus I'm a train first

14:34.57] responder. Um, last week, Tuesday morning, when I was coming in the, uh, up to the gate,

14:41.43] my gate card didn't work. So I wasn't able to get on the airport. So I waited till nine o'clock

14:48.27] when the office opened and I told them and they said my gate card expired and expired the day

14:55.21] before. So then I asked, well, can we get any kind of notification on this? And I was told that

15:03.49] any responsible adult would know when their card expires. So I have gate cards for three different

15:11.70] airports, plus my debit cards and all that stuff. And I'm 68, but I can't memorize all the

15:19.42] expiration dates of the cards. So to, uh, and I'm also, like I said, I'm also a first responder

15:27.20] for the airport. So before the fire department, anybody gets there, me and my son are trained

15:32.89] to take care of crashes and we have the proper equipment and stuff, but I was able to get on

15:38.86] there, even get in through the gate. So if there would have been a problem, but so, um,

15:46.19] to get my gate card, I had to fill out another form, pay the $15, have a hanger inspection to

15:52.47] go through my hanger and check my fire, even though I had a fire inspection two months before

15:59.63] that, but they didn't care. So they went through all that stuff and sign a form with all this

16:04.60] stuff and check these boxes and says, I can't park my cars overnight at the airport. Being a

16:10.64] pilot, a lot of times you parked your car, then you leave for the weekend to do this and that.

16:16.71] So now with the new rules that we never even got a memo or any kind of guideline on, we're not

16:22.44] allowed to park our, our cars on the, in the airport behind the gate. So this is, we've lost

16:31.99] our airport manager. There's a lot of different things that's going on and there's a lot of

16:35.59] people upset. And I'm just saying, we need some help out there and try to figure this out

16:42.81] because it is really getting very difficult. I built a $2 million plus 20,000 square foot

16:49.90] hanger out there. And it's my retirement with my wife and my son. So we are a family business,

16:56.70] but it's just, just very difficult right now. And there's lots of different things. I don't

17:02.41] have the time to go through everything. And just as a note to you guys, we're going to do phase

17:11.10] two training of first responders with the FAA, Falcon field and stuff. We're trying to get this

17:17.37] in right in the middle of April. So that the firemen from all over the West, policemen and

17:24.22] stuff can go out there and actually get their hands on an aircraft, actually cut a few slides

17:29.91] and everything else and all kinds of different training. Actually we do, we have flight Glenda

17:35.92] which is a flight school, but Republic airlines, we train their pilots. They're going to bring a

17:40.83] jet out. We can show them the danger areas of a jet. We're trying to get Luke out there

17:45.82] so they can say, cause the worst thing is when these jets goes down, when these modern

17:51.50] jets and a policeman comes up or firemen is not aware of ejection seats and the different

17:56.86] fuels and stuff that's used, someone can get really hurt. So anyways, I thank you for your time.

18:02.02] All right, Steve, you're a chair city manager taking notes as you were speaking. So I'm sure

18:07.97] that didn't go on deaf air, sir. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, James, you're up.

18:14.78] You know how it works. Hi, my name is James Deibler. I live in Phoenix, Arizona today.

18:33.57] I'm speaking to you to invite Fox 10 news weatherman Cody Mecosse. It will be nice if

18:45.68] Glendale Mayor Jerry wires and Glendale council member, Bart Turner, could invite Fox 10 news

18:54.76] weatherman Cody Mecosse to do the weather report at that Glendale public library near

19:05.92] Serrano Ranch park. Finally, this will be an idea opportunity for Cody Mecosse to make

19:16.95] Children, volunteers, and library employees.