Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
November 18, 2020 — council, 3h 12m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Approve items 19 and 20
Official motion wording
approve items 19 and 20
How they voted
Passed 7–2 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 8:58.
Agenda item 28 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCcio, Noakowski, Wearing
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Councilwoman Pestor's motion
How they voted — Councilwoman Pestor's motion
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 1:50:12.
Agenda item 27 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCio
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — Councilwoman Pestor's motion
Failed 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 1:56:03.
Agenda item 27 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 27 Adoption of an Ordinance Adding a New Chapter 20 to the Phoenix — that this item be adopted with the following changes: section 20-5 section D should read, "Neither the Director nor any employee of the Office of Accountability and Transparency, nor their immediate family members shall have formerly been employees of any Arizona law enforcement agency
motion fails (4-5 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
No (2): Carlos Garcia, Michael Nowakowski
Agenda item 27 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Betty Guardado
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCcio Mover: Pastor, seconder: Guardado (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
35 Ballot Sorting System Lease, Including Training, Maintenance, and — passed
Official motion wording
35 Ballot Sorting System Lease, Including Training, Maintenance, and — that this item be adopted
How they voted
Passes 8-1 Verified · official minutes
Yes (6): Carlos Garcia, Laura Pastor, Debra Stark, Thelda Williams, Betty Guardado, Kate Gallego
No (1): Jim Waring
Agenda item 35 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Carlos Garcia
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCcio, Noakowski Roll call indicates unanimous consent Mover: Guardado, seconder: Garcia (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
56 Public Hearing and Resolution to Approve the 2021 Downtown — passed
Official motion wording
56 Public Hearing and Resolution to Approve the 2021 Downtown — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 7-2 Verified · official minutes
Yes (2): Thelda Williams, Carlos Garcia
Agenda item 56 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Michael Nowakowski
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Noakowski Mover: Guardado, seconder: Nowakowski (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
57 Authorization to Pay Invoices for 2021 Downtown Enhanced — passed
Official motion wording
57 Authorization to Pay Invoices for 2021 Downtown Enhanced — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 7-2 Verified · official minutes
Yes (3): Carlos Garcia, Debra Stark, Thelda Williams
Agenda item 57 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Thelda Williams
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Noakowski, Proccio, Tastor, Wearing Mover: Guardado, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
62 Distributed Antenna System Solicitation Request — passed
Official motion wording
62 Distributed Antenna System Solicitation Request — that this item be approved
How they voted
Passes 8-1 Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Carlos Garcia, Michael Nowakowski, Thelda Williams, Betty Guardado, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 62 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Thelda Williams
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, DeCcio, Pestor, Wearing Mover: Guardado, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Materials Testing and Construction Administration on-call services for light rail
How they voted
Passed 7–2 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 2:55:13.
Agenda item 76 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Castor, Dark, Wearing
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve Mayor and City Council Board and Commission's nominations
Official motion wording
approve Mayor and City Council Board and Commission's nominations
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 3:14.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
To provide items 3 through 15
Official motion wording
to provide items 3 through 15
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 4:26.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Motion to approve items 16 through one of seven, except the following
Official motion wording
Motion to approve items 16 through one of seven, except the following.
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 5:31.
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Approve item 17
Official motion wording
approve item 17
How they voted
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 6:23.
Roll call shows 4 yes, 2 no; Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, DiCcio, Wearing
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22 Enter into Development Agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor — passed
Official motion wording
22 Enter into Development Agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Bill Gates, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Michael Nowakowski, Carlos Garcia
Agenda item 22 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Thelda Williams
Mover: Guardado, seconder: Williams (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
46 Adoption of a New Street Name to Replace S**** Peak Drive — passed unanimously
Official motion wording
46 Adoption of a New Street Name to Replace S**** Peak Drive — that this item be adopted with the street name changed to Piestewa Peak Drive effective March 1, 2021
How they voted
the council has now unanimously renamed two streets in the city of phoenix Verified · official minutes
Yes (2): Carlos Garcia, Thelda Williams
Agenda item 46 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Carlos Garcia
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: castor, dark, desicio, noakowski, um, wearing Mover: Pastor, seconder: Garcia (per official minutes).
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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