Phoenix City Council Formal Meeting
October 29, 2025 — council, 30m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
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Approve staff recommendation
Official motion wording
approve staff recommendation
How they voted
Passed 7–1 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 18:16.
Agenda item 40 · background & details
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Approve items 2 through 10, accepts items 8 and 9
Official motion wording
approve items 2 through 10, accepts items 8 and 9
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 9:55.
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Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve item eight
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 10:41.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Wearing
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Council vote
Official motion wording
to approve item nine
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 11:26.
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Wardado, Wearing
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9 Liquor License - Collective Coffee - District 7 — that items 11-40 be approved or adopted, except items 13… — passed
Official motion wording
9 Liquor License - Collective Coffee - District 7 — that items 11-40 be approved or adopted, except items 13, 26, 28, 31 and 40; and noting that Item 31 is as corrected
How they voted
Passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Yes (5): Betty Guardado, Anna Hernandez, Kevin Robinson, Debra Stark, Kate Gallego
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Laura Pastor
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Pashtor, Wearing Mover: Stark, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
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13 Settlement of Claim(s) Garcia v. City of Phoenix — passed
Official motion wording
13 Settlement of Claim(s) Garcia v. City of Phoenix — that this item be adopted
How they voted
passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 13 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Laura Pastor
Mover: Stark, seconder: Pastor (per official minutes).
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28 Retroactive Authorization to Submit Applications for the Federal — passed
Official motion wording
28 Retroactive Authorization to Submit Applications for the Federal — that this item be adopted
How they voted
Passes 8-0 Verified · official minutes
Agenda item 28 · background & details
Motion by Debra Stark, seconded by Betty Guardado
Mover: Stark, seconder: Guardado (per official minutes).
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Ordinance G748 amending Chapter 36 Vehicles and Traffic, Article 12, Section 36-158, Schedule 1 of…
Official motion wording
Ordinance G748 amending Chapter 36 Vehicles and Traffic, Article 12, Section 36-158, Schedule 1 of the Phoenix City Code relating to local speed limits at nine locations
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 16:55.
Agenda item 31 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
The full transcript, word-for-word as spoken. Speakers appear in order until speaker labeling is complete.
How vote data stays honest
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