Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
January 15, 2025 — council, 36m. 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 formal meeting minutes from May 29th, 2024
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 5:10.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve items 3 through 17 except item 5
Official motion wording
approve items 3 through 17 except item 5
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 8:21.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
No recommendation on item 5
Official motion wording
no recommendation on item 5
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 8:29.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Calainda, Guarda
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Consent calendar — items approved as one vote — passed
Official motion wording
5 Liquor License - Candy Store - District 2 — that Items 18-78 be approved or adopted, except Items 30, 46, 63, 77 and 78; continuing Item 54 to the March 26, 2025 City Council Formal Meeting; and noting that Item 53 is withdrawn
How they voted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Kesha Hodge Washington, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Kate Gallego
Agenda item consent · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Ann O'Brien
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Vida, Wardado; [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
46 Salt River Project Distribution Design and Construction Contract — passed
Official motion wording
46 Salt River Project Distribution Design and Construction Contract — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 46 · background & details
Motion by Betty Guardado, seconded by Debra Stark
Mover: Guardado, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Agenda item 63
Official motion wording
Roll call vote on an unspecified item
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 29:26.
Agenda item 63 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Delinda Vida
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
78 Public Hearing and Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — passed
Official motion wording
78 Public Hearing and Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — that this item be approved per the Planning Commission recommendation with adoption of the related ordinance
How they voted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 78 · background & details
Motion by Carlos Galindo-Elvira, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Vida Mover: Galindo-Elvira, seconder: Stark (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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