Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
June 14, 2023 — council, 2h 2m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve the resolution for the district budget for fiscal year 23-24 and the proposed five-year financial plan for the district
How they voted
Passed 8–0 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 1:56.
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Approve mayor and city council boards and commissions nominations
Official motion wording
approve mayor and city council boards and commissions 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 8:57.
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22 Liquor License - Biryani N Bytes — that Items 23-150 be approved or adopted, except Items 34, 36-41, 50… — passed unanimously
Official motion wording
22 Liquor License - Biryani N Bytes — that Items 23-150 be approved or adopted, except Items 34, 36-41, 50, 53, 63, 79, 81, 86, 98, 110 and 149-150; and noting that Items 68 and 95 are withdrawn, Item 35 is as revised and Item 150 has additional information
How they voted
passes unanimously Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Betty Guardado, Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, Viego, Wearing Mover: Ansari, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
City Award to the highest scoring vendor on Advertising Inc. for a five-year term for $1.7 million…
Official motion wording
City Award to the highest scoring vendor on Advertising Inc. for a five-year term for $1.7 million and request that city staff present a marketing plan focused on women in order to help us achieve our 30-by-30 initiative to the Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee on an annual basis
How they voted
Passed 7–0 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 14:17.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, Viego, Wearing
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39 Adoption of the Final 2023-24 Capital Funds Budget (Ordinance — passed
Official motion wording
39 Adoption of the Final 2023-24 Capital Funds Budget (Ordinance — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 7-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 39 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Ansari, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
40 Adoption of the Final 2023-24 Reappropriated Funds Budget — passed
Official motion wording
40 Adoption of the Final 2023-24 Reappropriated Funds Budget — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 7-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 40 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Ansari, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
41 Amend Ordinance S-48719 Adopting the 2022-23 Annual Budget — passed
Official motion wording
41 Amend Ordinance S-48719 Adopting the 2022-23 Annual Budget — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 7-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 41 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Ansari, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve item 50
Official motion wording
approve item 50
How they voted — approve item 50
Passed 7–0 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 19:52.
Agenda item 50 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bejaco, Vallejo; transcript tally garbled (announced 7-0); official minutes authoritative
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 50 Foreign Language Interpretation and Translation Services - COOP — that this item be adopted
passes eight zero Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 50 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Ansari, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Adopt the annual coper's pension funding policy and acknowledge the assets and liabilities of the copers plan
Official motion wording
adopt the annual coper's pension funding policy and acknowledge the assets and liabilities of the copers plan
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 24:02.
Agenda item 53 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
63 City Prosecutor's Office Domestic Violence Diversion, Positive — passed
Official motion wording
63 City Prosecutor's Office Domestic Violence Diversion, Positive — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes seven one Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Betty Guardado, Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor, Debra Stark
Agenda item 63 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Laura Pastor
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: wearing Mover: Ansari, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
79 Helen Drake Senior Center Site Redevelopment - Request for — passed
Official motion wording
79 Helen Drake Senior Center Site Redevelopment - Request for — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes eight zero Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 79 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Laura Pastor
Mover: Guardado, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
81 American Rescue Plan Act Community Land Trust Program - — passed
Official motion wording
81 American Rescue Plan Act Community Land Trust Program - — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes eight zero Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 81 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Laura Pastor
Mover: Ansari, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve contract with stipulations
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 1:06:24.
Agenda item 86 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Dark, Pestor; transcript tally garbled (announced 10-0); official minutes authoritative
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
98 Enter into Sister Cities Agreement with Medellin, Colombia — passed
Official motion wording
98 Enter into Sister Cities Agreement with Medellin, Colombia — that this item be adopted
How they voted
Roll call (8-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (3): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor
Agenda item 98 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Laura Pastor
Roll call indicates unanimous support Mover: Ansari, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
110 Approval of the 2023 Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program — passed
Official motion wording
110 Approval of the 2023 Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program — that this item be adopted
How they voted — 110 Approval of the 2023 Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program — that this item be adopted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor, Debra Stark, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 110 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 149 Public Hearing - Certificate of Appropriateness - Appeal of Historic — that this item be approved to uphold the Historic Preservation Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness decision to approve the project, subject to the six stipulations
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Debra Stark, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 110 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Yassamin Ansari
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Aado, Astor, Hodge, Wearing Mover: Pastor, seconder: Ansari (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve per the planning commission's recommendation and adopt the related ordinance
Official motion wording
approve per the planning commission's recommendation and adopt the related ordinance
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 1:51:56.
Agenda item 150 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Diego, Pestor
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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