Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
March 7, 2018 — council, 3h 5m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Proposal to enhance transparency for independent expenditure groups
How they voted — Proposal to enhance transparency for independent expenditure groups
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 36:55.
Agenda item 36 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCio, Noakowski
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — Explore consolidating elections and mailing full ballots to every registered voter to increase voter turnout
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:48:49.
Agenda item 36 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — call for the question
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 2:52:01.
Agenda item 36 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Wearing
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — vote on flood control basin
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 3:04:26.
Agenda item 36 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
1 City Council Appointments to Boards and Commissions — passed
Official motion wording
1 City Council Appointments to Boards and Commissions — that this item be approved
How they voted
motion passes (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Greg Stanton, Bill Gates, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Daniel Valenzuela, Sal DiCiccio, Michael Nowakowski, Kate Gallego
Motion by Kate Gallego, seconded by Thelda Williams
Mover: Gallego, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Consent calendar — items approved as one vote
Official motion wording
approve items 1 through 18 and to withdraw item 19 from consideration
How they voted
Passed unanimously Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 22:29.
Agenda item consent · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Motion to approve items 1 through 18 and to withdraw item 19 from consideration
How they voted
Passed unanimously Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 22:38.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
19 Liquor License - CJ's Talley's Pub — that Items 20-97 be approved and /or adopted, except Items 31, 36-38… — passed unanimously
Official motion wording
19 Liquor License - CJ's Talley's Pub — that Items 20-97 be approved and /or adopted, except Items 31, 36-38, 51-53, 65, and 73-74; and continuing Item 36 to March 21, 2018, and Items 58 and 96 are withdrawn
How they voted
passes unanimously Verified · official minutes
Yes (7): Kate Gallego, Debra Stark, Daniel Valenzuela, Jim Waring, Thelda Williams, Laura Pastor, Greg Stanton
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Kate Gallego
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCiccio, Noakowski Mover: Pastor, seconder: Gallego (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
31 Maricopa Association of Governments — passed
Official motion wording
31 Maricopa Association of Governments — that this item be adopted
How they voted
The item passes on an eight to one vote Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 31 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Thelda Williams
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCiccio, Noakowski Mover: Pastor, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
To continue item 36 to March 21st, 2018
Official motion wording
to continue item 36 to March 21st, 2018
How they voted
Passed unanimously Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 27:27.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
51 Amend Pay Ordinance S-42689 in Accordance with Human — passed
Official motion wording
51 Amend Pay Ordinance S-42689 in Accordance with Human — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes Unified (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Greg Stanton, Bill Gates, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Daniel Valenzuela, Sal DiCiccio, Michael Nowakowski, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 51 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Thelda Williams
transcript tally garbled (announced 10-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Pastor, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Motion by Stark to proceed with handing over elections to the county
How they voted
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 2:52:49.
Agenda item 53 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Noakowski, Wearing, Well
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
52 Intergovernmental Agreements with Arizona Board of Regents for — passed
Official motion wording
52 Intergovernmental Agreements with Arizona Board of Regents for — that this item be adopted
How they voted — 52 Intergovernmental Agreements with Arizona Board of Regents for — that this item be adopted
yes yes yes yes yes mr. yes yes mr. yes (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (3): Debra Stark, Daniel Valenzuela, Thelda Williams
Agenda item 52 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Kate Gallego
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: noakowski, wearing Mover: Pastor, seconder: Gallego (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — Motion on item 52
Passed unanimously Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 2:56:13.
Agenda item 52 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Falenzuela, Norakowski, wearing; transcript tally garbled (announced 7-0); official minutes authoritative
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
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How vote data stays honest
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