Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
February 21, 2024 — council, 2h 54m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Grant related items
How they voted — Grant related items
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 1:20:55.
Agenda item 63 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — Approval of an item to cut red tape and reduce bureaucracy in the plat approval process
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 1:31:42.
Agenda item 63 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Werdado
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 79 Public Hearing - Certificate of Economic Hardship (HP-229-23-ECH — that this item be denied and to uphold the Historic Preservation Commission's decision to deny the Certificate of Economic Hardship
passes 8-1 Verified · official minutes
Yes (6): Betty Guardado, Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 63 · background & details
Motion by Yassamin Ansari, seconded by Laura Pastor
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Hodge, Pestor Mover: Ansari, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
2 Mayor and Council Appointments to Boards and Commissions — passed unanimously
Official motion wording
2 Mayor and Council Appointments to Boards and Commissions — that this item be approved
How they voted
passes unanimously Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Kevin Robinson, Yassamin Ansari, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 2 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Yassamin Ansari
Mover: Stark, seconder: Ansari (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 3 through 20
How they voted — approve items 3 through 20
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 10:29.
Agenda item consent · background & details
[agenda_item normalized to consent from motion text]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 20 Off-Track Pari-Mutuel Wagering Permit - Ole Brass Rail — that items 21-81 be approved or adopted, except items 28, 30, 45, 49, 58, 63-64, 78-80; noting Item 81 is an Add-on
Passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item consent · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Ann O'Brien
[agenda_item normalized to consent from motion text] Mover: Stark, seconder: O'Brien (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
28 American Rescue Plan Act February 2024 Reallocation — passed
Official motion wording
28 American Rescue Plan Act February 2024 Reallocation — that this item be approved
How they voted
passes 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (6): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor, Kevin Robinson, Jim Waring, Debra Stark
Agenda item 28 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Ann O'Brien
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Wadado Mover: Stark, seconder: O'Brien (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
30 Amend Ordinance S-50159 for Acquisition of Real Property for — passed
Official motion wording
30 Amend Ordinance S-50159 for Acquisition of Real Property for — 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, Kevin Robinson, Yassamin Ansari, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 30 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Ann O'Brien
Mover: Stark, seconder: O'Brien (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
45 Request Authorization to Apply for, Accept and Enter Into — passed
Official motion wording
45 Request Authorization to Apply for, Accept and Enter Into — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 9-0 (8-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Kevin Robinson, Yassamin Ansari, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 45 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Ann O'Brien
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pestor; transcript tally garbled (announced 9-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Stark, seconder: O'Brien (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
49 Vernell Myers Coleman Ceremonial Street Name Signage — passed
Official motion wording
49 Vernell Myers Coleman Ceremonial Street Name Signage — that this item be approved
How they voted
passes 8-0 (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark
Agenda item 49 · background & details
Motion by Kesha Hodge Washington, seconded by Laura Pastor
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pestor, Wardado; transcript tally garbled (announced 8-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Hodge Washington, seconder: Pastor (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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