Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
September 17, 2025 — council, 3h 52m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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To table the vote on the contract to reinstate Ed Zerker as city manager until October 15, 2025
Official motion wording
to table the vote on the contract to reinstate Ed Zerker as city manager until October 15, 2025
How they voted — to table the vote on the contract to reinstate Ed Zerker as city manager until October 15, 2025
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 53:29.
Agenda item 83 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Cajillo, Ernandez, Pestor
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — 83 ADD-ON - Enter Into Employment Agreement with the City Manager — that this item be adopted to enter into an employment agreement with Ed Zuercher for the position of City Manager
Roll call. Everyone recognized to explain your vote. Mordado? No. Hernandez. (5-4 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (1): Anna Hernandez
Agenda item 83 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Mordado Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
40 Amendments to the City’s Combined Classification and Pay — passed
Official motion wording
40 Amendments to the City’s Combined Classification and Pay — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 5'4 (7-1 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (4): Kesha Hodge Washington, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Ann O'Brien
No (1): Anna Hernandez
Absent (1): Jim Waring
Agenda item 40 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Diago, Pester Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve item two
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 7:29.
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
13 Liquor License - Champagne Cafe and Lounge - District 4 — passed
Official motion wording
13 Liquor License - Champagne Cafe and Lounge - District 4 — that this item was forwarded to the State with no recommendation
How they voted
motion is for no recommendation (9-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (6): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington, Laura Pastor, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark
Agenda item 13 · background & details
Motion by Laura Pastor, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gallo, Hutch, Wearing; transcript tally garbled (announced 10-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: Pastor, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Consent calendar — items approved as one vote
Official motion wording
motion to approve items 29 through 84 except for 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 20:08.
Agenda item consent · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Gallo, Pestor; [agenda_item normalized to consent from motion text]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
41 Ak-Chin Indian Community 2025 Gaming Grant (Ordinance — passed
Official motion wording
41 Ak-Chin Indian Community 2025 Gaming Grant (Ordinance — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passed 7-0 (8-0 per official minutes) Verified · official minutes
Yes (7): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Jim Waring, Ann O'Brien
Agenda item 41 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
transcript tally garbled (announced 7-0); official minutes authoritative Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
46 Request to Enter Into an Agreement with UMOM New Day Centers
Official motion wording
46 Request to Enter Into an Agreement with UMOM New Day Centers — that this item be adopted
How they voted
This is 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Kevin Robinson, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 46 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pester Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
47 Aviation Land Reuse Strategy Land Disposal Located Adjacent to
Official motion wording
47 Aviation Land Reuse Strategy Land Disposal Located Adjacent to — that this item be adopted
How they voted
This is 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Kevin Robinson, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 47 · 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
51 Authorization to Amend Ordinance S-51289 Maricopa Community
Official motion wording
51 Authorization to Amend Ordinance S-51289 Maricopa Community — that this item be adopted
How they voted
8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 51 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pestor Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
55 Enter Into 2025 Readiness Cooperative Agreement with FEMA — passed
Official motion wording
55 Enter Into 2025 Readiness Cooperative Agreement with FEMA — 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, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 55 · 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
59 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 3 North — passed
Official motion wording
59 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 3 North — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (2): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez
Agenda item 59 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Mayor Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
62 Trego/Dugan Aviation of Grand Island, Inc. Terminal Facility — passed
Official motion wording
62 Trego/Dugan Aviation of Grand Island, Inc. Terminal Facility — that this item be adopted
How they voted
Pess is 9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (8): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Jim Waring, Ann O'Brien, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 62 · background & details
Motion by Ann O'Brien, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pestor Mover: O'Brien, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
64 Amend Ground Lease with Cutter Aviation Deer Valley, Inc. at
Official motion wording
64 Amend Ground Lease with Cutter Aviation Deer Valley, Inc. at — that this item be adopted
How they voted
9-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Kate Gallego, Ann O'Brien, Jim Waring, Debra Stark, Laura Pastor, Betty Guardado, Kevin Robinson, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington
Agenda item 64 · 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
79 Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — passed
Official motion wording
79 Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (9): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington, Laura Pastor, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Jim Waring, Ann O'Brien, Kate Gallego
Agenda item 79 · background & details
Motion by Kesha Hodge Washington, seconded by Laura Pastor
Mover: Hodge Washington, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
79 Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — passed
Official motion wording
79 Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — that this item be approved to overturn the Abandonment Hearing Officer's decision and approve a modified abandonment area per the September 17, 2025 memo from the Planning and Development Director
How they voted — 79 Amend City Code - Ordinance Adoption - Rezoning Application — that this item be approved to overturn the Abandonment Hearing Officer's decision and approve a modified abandonment area per the September 17, 2025 memo from the Planning and Development Director
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Anna Hernandez, Kesha Hodge Washington, Kevin Robinson, Jim Waring, Ann O'Brien
Agenda item 80 · background & details
Motion by Anna Hernandez, seconded by Debra Stark
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Castor, Mordado, Start Mover: Hernandez, seconder: Stark (per official minutes).
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — approve for the planning commission's recommendation and adopt a related resolution
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 3:32:49.
Agenda item 80 · background & details
Roll call indicates partial vote count; Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Mordado
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve item 82
Official motion wording
approve item 82
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 3:34:18.
Agenda item 82 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Ennandez, Orvattle, Pestor
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Approve item 84
Official motion wording
approve item 84
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 3:34:31.
Agenda item 84 · background & details
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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