Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
September 15, 2021 — council, 1h 18m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Agenda item 24 — passed
Official motion wording
24 Sweep Inc — that this item be adopted
How they voted
Passes 6-3 Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Betty Guardado, Debra Stark, Carlos Garcia, Kate Gallego
No (2): Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring
Agenda item 24 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Yassamin Ansari
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dezio Mover: Garcia, seconder: Ansari (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
47 PHX Sky Train Operations and Maintenance Contract 126231 - — passed
Official motion wording
47 PHX Sky Train Operations and Maintenance Contract 126231 - — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 8-1 Verified · official minutes
Yes (8): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Yassamin Ansari, Carlos Garcia
No (1): Jim Waring
Agenda item 47 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Garcia, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve minutes from May 20th, 2020
Official motion wording
approve minutes from May 20th, 2020
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 9:22.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve items 2 through 21, except item 21
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 9:58.
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Motion to approve liquor license application except item 21
How they voted
Passed 9–0 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 13:42.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, DeCicio, Onsario, Swardado, Tester, Wearing
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve items 26 through 68, except the following. Items 24, 27, 47. Items 48, 61, and 68 have been withdrawn. And excluding these items for public comment, 26, 28, 36, 37, 38, 48, 45, and 46.
How they voted
Passed 9–0 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 15:11.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dezio
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
36 Amend Business Terms for Redevelopment of Del Rio Former — passed
Official motion wording
36 Amend Business Terms for Redevelopment of Del Rio Former — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Yassamin Ansari, Carlos Garcia
Agenda item 36 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Garcia, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
37 Amend Intergovernmental Agreement to Continue Building — passed
Official motion wording
37 Amend Intergovernmental Agreement to Continue Building — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 80 (8-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Betty Guardado, Ann O'Brien, Debra Stark, Jim Waring
Agenda item 37 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: DeCcio Mover: Garcia, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
38 Submit National Telecommunications and Information — passed
Official motion wording
38 Submit National Telecommunications and Information — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 80 (8-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (8): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Yassamin Ansari, Carlos Garcia
Absent (1): Laura Pastor
Agenda item 38 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Debra Stark
transcript tally garbled (announced 80-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Garcia, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
45 Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Request for Police — passed
Official motion wording
45 Arizona Coliseum and Exposition Center Request for Police — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 80 (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Yassamin Ansari, Carlos Garcia
Agenda item 45 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Debra Stark
transcript tally garbled (announced 80-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Garcia, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
46 FY 2021 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program — passed
Official motion wording
46 FY 2021 Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Sal DiCiccio, Yassamin Ansari, Carlos Garcia
Agenda item 46 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Garcia, seconded by Ann O'Brien
Mover: Garcia, seconder: O'Brien (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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