City Council - Regular Meeting

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is excused. District four, Vice Mayor Stapleton is excused. District five, Councilman Gonzalez is excused. District six, Councilman Shipley. Mayor Gameiro. We have a quorum, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Shelly. Chief Keneally, you'll send the invocation, please.

Our Father in heaven, we're grateful unto thee for the opportunities that we've been given the freedoms that we enjoy for the land that we live in and for this community that we have. We're grateful for those who serve within it to help to make it better. We would pray at this time, as this body deliberates, that they may do so in a manner that will be productive and that will be of benefit to this community. We pray for those who are in need, who are suffering at this time, they may find relief and comfort through thee, and that they may find those within the community who are able may reach out and assist them in ways that they're in need of. Please watch over and bless those who serve. Please watch over and bless the service members who are serving for our country. In these things we pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Amen. Freddie, can you at least send the pledge? Yes, Mr. Mayor.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We'll start with a summary of current events. Mike, we'll start with you down there. You got anything?

Mr. Mayor, I don't have anything. Thank you.

Thank you, Mike. Fernando?

Just a couple things. So every year we've had a 4th of July dinner and we bring somebody in to be the grand marshal of the Independence Day parade. And this year is Travis Kirkland. He graduated from Globe High School. He got into the Air Force Academy and now he is a major in and a fighter pilot, and he is going to be our grand marshal. And so we still have tickets for sale for the dinner on Friday, what is that, the third? And that'll be in Miami, so love to get some people out there to celebrate. So that's it, Mayor.

Thank you. Freddie.

I'd like to take this time to kind of... tell my daughter at this moment um i'll be leaving for denver tomorrow um to move her to florida tampa she's going to start her second year of residency uh as a pharmaceutical or a farm d program and she's going to specialize in solid organ transplant in the pharmacy setting in the hospital setting so a super proud moment for me and my wife um she's a former uh graduate of Globe High School. This will be her 10th consecutive year either going to school or doing residency, and she'll be done after this year and be able to hit the job market. So I just want to publicly say congratulations, Leah, and I look forward to a long drive to Florida. So thank you, Mayor, appreciate the time.

Thank you, Fred. Just want to remind everybody, PHI, that's Aravac, is offering a discount to City of Globe residents. The city did not extend this year the membership to the flight for the City of Globe, again, because of recovery efforts and ongoing costs. But they are extending if anybody in the within the city would like to purchase that one year for your whole family within your house is $30 for the year. Now that's one third of the cost of what it would be. So we need to make sure it before August 12. If you're interested, there is a number to call. And on the website, you can get ahold of me or it'll be put out on social media here probably by tomorrow. So make sure if you're interested in it to sign up for the membership, $30 a year for your family. Also continue your prayers for the firefighters that are battling the Sycamore Fire. Again, we have a lot of property, a lot of ranchers up there that are affected by this fire. We hope that they're able and the wind and the fire... We'll stay away from that area so they can control that fire and keep it away from any structures up in the Sycamore Fire. And that's all I have, Paul.

Mr Mayor, members of Council, thank you. So Tiffany is moving dirt. They've been moving dirt about 10 days now and making good progress. That's good as we beef up and get the canal creek ready for the monsoons to come. There is a lot of community concerns about the debris site out at the community park the uh community center and we did do air quality testing today and uh came up with no readings of particulates organic inorganic anything coming from that site so so that's good that that debris is is as it sits safe we'll give you an update soon on on our plans to remove that properly and um and within the requirements of the law um I also want to let Council know that we will be bringing in two weeks, the 14th of July, bringing a presentation to Council regarding our post-flood compliance efforts that we've done. There's been community concerns about that also. And so we'll have a full presentation in two weeks. I did want to make this announcement. I know there's a lot of concerns about the six families, the six properties along Jess Hayes. And if those properties are able to pull demolition permits, that will fulfill the need of the citation. And we will dismiss those citations once their permits are pulled. and we will offer that to anyone. We have to be fair and equal. So Broad Street, anyone pulling a permit will get their citation dismissed. Lastly, I'll let you know that personally, I will be reaching out to the members of the families of the six properties on Jess Hayes, check in, make sure they're fully understanding the process and answer any questions. So I will take that and that will happen. I will do that this week. So Mr. Mayor, members of council, just my community update. Thank you. Thank you.

Mayor.

Yes, go ahead, Fernando, I'm sorry.

Just one more thing. One of my other hats is I serve as a trustee for the community college for Gila County, and today we have officially our letter that says that we are a standalone college, so we are now completely accredited on our own, which means we can decide our own destiny. So that's a big accomplishment, and so it's something to celebrate.

Keep the same name and everything?

Yep, same name.

Good news.

Congratulations. Thank you.

Next, we go to the first committee to call the public. And this is a time when anybody from the public wishes to address the council on any subject. Time is limited to three minutes. You'll have to fill out a speaker card that's located at the back of the room. And any of our staff will bring it up to our clerk so we can announce it and bring you forward. Um, let's see. I think that was it. Yeah. So your three-minute time frame, anybody wishing to speak? Oh, a reminder, by law, we cannot respond to anybody that is speaking and call to the public at this time also. So I do have three call cards up here. First one, I got Tom Homan. If you could state your name and your address, please.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the board. Tom Homan, 730 South 10th Street. In my travels recently, I've been noticing on the, this is more an informational possibly for Public Works, School districts have a termination of their school speed limit. So currently on Monroe Street, behind the Globe High School, there's the 15 mile an hour posted, but there is no termination of that posting. So where does the school district legally end? I just want to bring it to your attention, possibly something that might need to be researched.

Thanks, Tom. We'll pass it on to our public works director. Thank you. Thank you, Tom. Next I have Shelby Barodell.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Shelby Barodell, 1261 East Montecito Drive in Globe. I want to start by saying that I'm here for the Jess Hayes issue. I heard some things that were reassuring just a few minutes ago. I'd also like to say that I'm not here to throw rocks. You guys are friends of mine, you're colleagues. I respect you, we do business together. I'm here to give my opinion. I'm here to make you guys aware of the situation that possibly not everybody's been aware of until recent news. And then hoping that you guys can apply some discretion to those situations. And so about two months ago, I got a call from a resident there on Jess Hayes Road. They wanted to move forward with their house. Well, I guess they were deciding what it is they were going to do having had lost everything, right? And so in this particular situation, this family owes a mortgage on this home. So they're paying for this dilapidated home, right? They're also paying for somewhere else to stay. some of the families the two in which i'm i'm dealing with there particularly you know one has recently lost a family member who owned that home their son owned it and now they're trying to navigate this this legal paperwork the the other one their their son was injured during the flood being a hero recognized on the news for such and what upsets me about the way this was handled is not that we're trying to Building safety is important for everybody. Protecting your neighbor's property is important for everybody. The way that this happened did not show any courtesy. It showed no respect for these constituents of yours, really. These are community members. These are people we should love. And I'm choked up about it because what they got instead was a summons to court on traffic ticket paperwork. And I don't know anybody could reconcile that. And so it's great that we're gonna go talk to them now. Sure, that's way better than never. But two months ago, when they thought that they could rebuild and when they thought they had options and when they thought they could still be community members was the time to do that. Now, they've already been pushed to courtroom after courtroom, I know because I've been there. We can say we're not prosecuting them, but we met with the prosecutor yesterday. they are being prosecuted. And whether or not we're going to waive the fines later or not doesn't help them in the meanwhile with the additional stress burden of this citation. I think that... If citations are the legal route, and this is what we have to do to keep everybody safe and buildings good, then fine. But what about the courtesy of a phone call? What about a meeting before all this? What about information from the city regarding what codes will be implemented? At what level will these properties be brought back? If they are brought back, how high above the creek do they need to be? What is the city's plan? And I mean, I know we're clearing the creeks out, but what do the blueprints look like? Are those properties protected? And I mean, I'm not asking all these questions here because I know you can't respond, but these are the questions I would have if I lost my last sock and a family member in that flood. I don't think that they've been done justice. And so what I'm asking here is I'm asking for this council to please use discretion on the city ordinances that we have. The thing that they're being cited with is a city ordinance. We have full control over how that's implemented. You guys do. And I expect, I just fully accept the idea that nobody was aware of this until just recently, that this is all gone by the wayside and that we think that staff was doing their job or you guys did, that's fine. But we know now that that's not the case. And it's not too late to say, hey, we made a mistake and we shouldn't have treated you that way. And I believe that that's where this should be. And so before I get too worked up about it, I appreciate you guys listening to what I have to say. I appreciate what you do for the community. Right is right, and what this is is not. So thank you for your time. Thank you, Shelby.

And Mr. Mayor, members, council, I want to make just a clarification just for clarity. The intention of the city is not to dismiss the fine, but to dismiss the citation if a demo permit is pulled. So not just the fine, but the citation will be dismissed because it's been satisfied.

Because it's called a public, I'm going to forward my request to future agenda items in the later agenda.

No, but I just, I didn't want, I wanted that clarified, I think, and I think that's fair within the rules to make sure that we don't do any misstatements.

Okay. I got Matthew Storms.

Good evening, Council, Mayor. I'm not going to talk a lot. You guys saw my opinion on it, and Shelby hit a lot of good points. I think the problem that I have is it was just disconcerting to see members of our community treated that way. There was no one there to explain the process. The prosecutor didn't know what was going on, and they just left with more questions than answers, and I don't think that's the right way anything should be handled. So I'm happy to hear that Paul's going to take those steps, and I'll be happy to hear an update at the next council meeting. So thank you guys for hearing and listening to us. I appreciate it.

Thank you, ma'am. I have another one, Susan Guerrero.

Good evening, Mayor, Council, everyone. My name is Susan Guerrero from United Fund of Globe Miami. So a quick update with the United Fund of Globe Miami flood relief programs. Again, like many, thanks to our generous corporates and individual donors for their support that really made these invaluable flood relief programs happen. So I just wanted to mention that as well as our United Fund members. So for the business, quick recap, business flood relief program concluded in late January. We partnered with nonprofit Local First Arizona on that and 73 businesses received a total of $1,550,000. So details on that with the donors as well as the grantees is on our website at ufglobemiami.com slash flood. As far as the residential flood relief program, we're in partnership with Salvation Army. The program is still active, accepting applications. I think last I was here in April, so we're still open for home repairs for folks who are affected by flood water, runoff water, other storm damage from the September 2025 flood event. So folks can apply in person at the Salvation Army Service Center at 161 East Cedar Street in Globe or call 928-425-4011 for more information. So there's more details about this program on our website also at ufglobemiami.com slash FAQ. Over $700,000 has been distributed through this program. So rebuilding after a major disaster like that takes a lot of time. It takes a lot for folks to navigate their options and choose what's best for them. We've been working on the demolition option for homes that might be the best option for them. So we've been supporting that for a few months, probably since around April, so I believe five, Homeowners are moving forward with that at the moment. So now the plan is to run the flood relief program for residents, not businesses, through September or while funds last. It does include home repairs, mortgage rental assistance is available. That's only through July. So another topic, we've been working on a project with Team Rubicon. It's regarding potential volunteer teams for debris removal from private properties. So that project stalled for a while. We've been working on that since March for a lot of residents in Globe and Miami that have debris, sediment, et cetera, from the floods. So that stalled because they said, like I just kept hearing that the landfill wasn't accepting soil. So it just needs to be tested. And then as far as who's going to pick it up and transport it and dispose of it, Tiffany Construction, thanks for City of Globe for putting us in touch with them. And they have agreed to donate those services to pick up the debris once it's moved into right of way and transport it. So I don't have a timeline as far as when that could be. couple months or a couple weeks, like it's a little ways out, there's still time to add your name to the list if you know of anyone that has. We just need name, property address, phone number, email, description of the issue, and photos. So they can send it on email to frontdesk at miamiaz.gov or call SANA at 473-4403 or me. by phone or text 928-961-1428 or email at unitedfundglobemiami at gmail. So one more item real quick. I just wanted to mention that we're now accepting applications for our 2027 operational grant cycle. It's providing funding support to nonprofit organizations that serve residents in the Globe Miami community. 501 nonprofits are invited to apply at ufglobemiami.submittable.com through July 17th. That's all, thank you.

Thank you, Susan. Next we have special presentations. And first on item A is a proclamation for Child Support Awareness Month for August, and I have a proclamation. I'll read it. We don't have anybody to accept it, but we will get it to them here sometime this week. Childhood, Child Support Awareness Month. Whereas the City of Globe joins the nation in recognizing August as Child Support Awareness Month, and reaffirms its commitment to strengthening Arizona families by providing child support services to improve the economic stability and well-being of children. And whereas the state of Arizona will always be committed advocates for our children whose safety and security remains top of mind. And whereas a child who received emotional and financial support is more likely to feel safe and secure and is better equipped with a courage to be their very best in life. And whereas the Department of Economic Security Division of Child Support Services is robustly committed to putting Arizona's children first and to humbly serving Arizonans with excellence, respect, integrity, and kindness, as well as being an overall champion for economic growth and opportunity. And whereas DCSS strongly advocates for parenting responsibility because parents and children benefit both when both are engaged with their child at every stage. regardless of marital status. And whereas DCSS recognizes the commitment of legal guardians who accept responsibilities of children in the absence of parents, and whereas strengthening individual and families with an emphasis on fiscal responsibility promotes the safety and well-being of children, provides stability, improves the lives of the children, and provides opportunities for families to be able to enhance their children's future. whereas Child Support Awareness Month values parents' involvement and their children's lives and who make regular child support payment to safeguard their children's future. Now, therefore, I, Algemaris Mayor of City Globe, on behalf of the City Globe Council, do hereby proclaim the month of August 2026 as Child Support Awareness Month. And we'll get that to them this week sometime. Thank you, Mayor. Next, we have... Item B is a presentation by the Globe High School Papoose Media News to the Globe City Council regarding their report on the September 2025 flooding event. And we have sponsor David Ramos, Evelyn Parker, and Simon Schwenk. And I was going to invite Connie up to just give a brief history of the group since she did work with the Globe School system and knows more about it. If you can introduce them, please.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for having this presentation. So in the midst of our days of recovery, which got longer and longer, I got a phone call from Mr. Ramos, and he wanted the Papoose Media which I was familiar with from being at the high school before, to interview the mayor. And so I asked a dozen and a half questions, because I'm supposed to, and put poor Mr. Ramos and these lovely students behind me through the grill. But they held up, and what came of it, we'd like to show you that now. But I just want to say, again, in the midst of our disaster, this was like a, a bright light, and an unforeseen community partnership.

For the headlines, we're going to be held after deadly flooding in Globe. Hope for the holidays campaign kicks off. A documentary program proposed during an extreme cold season. Now, in Arizona State University News Center, this is The Pulse News and Current Affairs. Good day, SU.

Good day, Arizona.

Today is Friday, the 23rd of January, and I'm Simon Schwenk.

And I'm Ray Dawes.

And this is The Pulse News and Current Affairs, where the Pulse of Glow comes alive.

after a devastating flood that struck the town, but was found in the world to recovery. Despite the destruction left behind, the community is rising once again, stronger, united, and hopeful that tourism will help fuel its comeback. Simon?

On Friday, December 5th, 2025, the City of Global honored businesses who have reopened following the disaster by holding ribbon-cutting ceremonies for each of them. Among those reopening is La Casita Café.

How does it feel to be reopened after the flooding in September? It feels great to be reopened and do our normal routine. It's great to be back open and, like I said, just the normal routine again. That's awesome. How did you feel about the community support and everything that the downtown glow was going through throughout that process? all showed up and helped out, helped out. We had people come from the Valley, we had people come from Safford, we had school kids come from like Safford, Valley again, Show Low, Pima, like they came from all over. So I feel very humbled that we have the community outreach that we did and it feels great to finally be back home again. With all the business reopenings, events, and activities, the message is clear. The GLOBE community is back and ready to help those in need. I'm Evelyn Parker, and this is the Post News and Current Affairs.

While the community celebrates this milestone, the working GLOBE is far from over. Within three months, it passes the disaster flash flooding stage as homes, businesses, and lives throughout the town of GLOBE fencing and caution signs still remain visible throughout the area. Although intensive cleanup efforts have taken place since the flooding, signs of damage are still evident across the community.

That was our main priority that night was searching to see if there was any survivors out there and how many we actually did have. Then moving on to that night, we walked around those We'll search and rescue the team if we brought in a type 3 team. Incident management team will be brought in.

Post-bought assessments reveal significant destruction with over 312 homes damaged. The total estimated loss from this disaster exceeds $33.5 million. In the end, community leaders and local residents and visitors will consider visiting the area and supporting local businesses throughout the holiday season. I'm Simon Schwenk and this is the Capoose News and Current Affairs.

Despite the challenges faced by the community, Mayor Algemaras has committed the resilience of local businesses as they can.

Mayor, council members, members of the public, family. It's been a privilege.

Aye. Opposed, nay. Motion passed. The only question I had, and Zach, just a question. I know we approved a color scheme and it's probably been over a year ago, I think, wasn't it? So did that run out and then this is a new one or is the whole front of it changed? I think back then we approved one with that and the huddle at the same time and it was before your.

Fantastic. Oh, wait.

OK.

The expenditures are basically the same as was presented on the 19th of May. The overall increase in expenditures is $40.2 million, which is a 69.8% increase. The bulk of this increase is really to provide for the capacity.

You know, you do throughout day in and day out. And I just have to applaud you for that because it does seem like a hefty amount.

of biggest asset. And unlike, I don't know where the county is right now on theirs, but they had been talking prior that they were going flat with no increases to staff. We continue our 2.5% increases along with a bump in order to try to stabilize PD, which has experienced this gigantic bidding war for sworn officers that we can't look the other way. to do what we need to do to retain upon all the other things we're doing to retain still. Sometimes you got to put put some money there in this Council and have done this, and this is done not by me, but this is put together by Linda and and and finance department and and our team. I was very happy to, you know, have Linda setting up the meeting scheduling, and I would step in and, you know, look at it, go. Okay. And this is my 10th budget here. So so I'm excited to to have share the fun and joy of doing a budget. And it is it is actually it is a. So cool to take all these pieces and try to every time we have a meeting, it's like, okay, we get closer. We have less open ended. Problems and we just keep knocking down the problems until we get there and we did it and. I don't you know, you guys know me Linda got it done before July. So. So that is the first time in 10 years that we've had a budget in June, a final budget. So.

We have to get Tina on vacation.

Yeah, yeah, Tina, Lions and Tigers and Bears. But no, very proud of the team, proud of Linda. And Council, so many years, you've always shown us the trust and allowed us the flexibility to not be creative, but to go through our process and not like, okay, is it done yet? Where are we at? You wait till the whole process is done. We keep you informed. And then you evaluate it based on the end product, not peeking in the oven or under the lid of the pot while we're trying to make the sausage so so thank you to everyone involved in this and especially the council

Yes, thank you so much to council and the members that did give their time towards that work group, because that really helps to move along that final budget. We want to make sure that the needs of our departments are balanced with the wants of the community members and what council's vision is for the community. As we move forward, we're looking to do five-year revenue projections, how to best support the community the sustainability and the future growth for each and every one of our departments. Right now, public safety, we're in a pickle. We're trying to stabilize that and help to shore that up so that for the next group of leaders that come when we're all hopefully retired, that we leave them in a better place than where we are now. And that is all our hope.

I think we saw two leaders here tonight.

I just want to echo what Freddie said too. I want to commend our staff for all the work they've done. I know this probably has been our biggest challenge, learning experience. We've been through COVID. We've been through the telegraph fire. I know where we were 10 years ago as a city and what we had and what we didn't have. To be here at this point, to be able to say that we have equipment that Public works has new equipment. Police department has cars they can drive and get to calls. The fire department has equipment. Hopefully we're working on salaries and trying to get those up. But it's a learning experience and it has been a challenge this year, still completing everything we did in the flood that occurred. You hear that little group of criticism out there about what we do and we're not perfect. Do we make mistakes? Yeah, we do make mistakes, but we own them and we move on, bottom line. I want to commend our staff. I want to commend this council because we've been through it too, and it's been tough. But I think where we're at, we're in a good place now, and hopefully the future is better and no more floods. Okay. Thank you. We'll open it up for comment, I guess.

Mr. Mayor, I'll say what it says. This year has been a can-do year. And I don't think any of us hesitated to do what we had to do. And I feel very comfortable where we're at. And as far as the naysayers, I don't worry about them. They have no idea.

Thank you.

Do we have anybody online or any public comment? We don't have any public here. I think we have one, two, three, two.

Yeah, and nothing related to the budget on the phone. Okay.

Good job.

Thank you so much.

Thank you all.

So I will close the public hearing and open up our regular meeting again with item seven. And this is to consider the adoption of fiscal year 26-27 final budget. I'm going to open the special meeting. And this is a consideration. TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 1936 TO ADOPT THE CITY GLOBE FISCAL YEAR 2627 FINAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $97,691,340, WHICH INCLUDES BUDGETING GENERAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,269,297, BUDGETING ENTERPRISE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,018,254, BUDGETING CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $19,036,654, and budgeting grant capacity in the amount of $47,367,135 and directions to make possible adjustments within the budget. So Shelly, can you read resolution number 1936, please?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Resolution number 1936, a resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Globe, County of Gila, State of Arizona, for the adoption of the final budget and the tax levy for fiscal year 2026-2027. Is Council pleased with that reading? Yes.

Mayor, I would move to adopt our final budget for 2026-2027. Second.

We have a motion and a second for approval of resolution 1936.

For the record, can we do roll call for the adoption of the final budget this year? Okay.

Okay. So we have a motion and a second for approval of Resolution 1936 for this year's budget. So no further discussion. We'll call for roll call.

Yes. District 2?

I vote yes for the budget as adopted.

Yeah. Oh, sorry.

District 1, I'm sorry.

Yes.

District 6?

Yes.

Mayor Camaro? Yes. The yeas have it. The final budget has been adopted.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right. We'll close the special meeting and go back to our regular meeting. And item eight is new business. We have none. We go to action items. Item A is consideration of approved contract number PS2027003 with Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Contract, fiscal year 2627, and authorize the city manager to sign the agreement with funding approved as part of the fiscal year 2627 budget adoption process through account 100022300. Paul.

Mr. Mayor, members of council, this is our annual contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield that we've been done. For the 10 years I've been here, we've used Blue Cross Blue Shield. I think we didn't do RFP one time, looked and found nothing that could match that. And they've served us well along with Segal. And so we just request that council approve the update to the contract for this upcoming year. Okay.

I would make a motion we approve the 2026-27 Blue Cross Blue Shield renewal contract and authorize the city manager to sign such contract. Second.

Motion and second for approval of item A. Any further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Motion passes. Item B is consideration to approve Resolution 1934 to award multiple individual on-call contract renewals for civil engineering professional support services as needed from July 1, 2026 to June 3, 2027 in an aggregate amount of $165,000 to be funded out of accounts 106151225, Public Works Consultants, 508051225, Water Consultants, and 518051225 wastewater consultants and or with possible grant reimbursements. We've got Travis and Shelly, can you read resolution 1934 first?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Resolution number 1934, a resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, approving the initial one year renewal of each 11 on-call civil engineering and professional support services agreement agreements with various companies to provide on-call civil engineering and professional support services for fiscal year 2027 authorizing expenditure of public funds therefore an authorizing execution by the city manager of the 11 agreement renewals is council pleased with that meeting yes all right thank you mayor members of the council

As you recall, a year ago, we went through a RSOQ process to have some civil engineers for professional services on hand in case we needed to have something designed or some engineer work that needed to be looked at. And so I think there's 11 there. And so we're up for the one-year renewal. I'm just trying to get it inset for this next coming year.

Travis, just a question. We utilize the 165,000 in a year in the past year, or does it stay under that amount?

So they have to stay within 165,000 for each contract, but it's based on availability of funding to do whatever we need to do. We do set some funding aside in the budget for those three accounts that you named out, but it's not 165 for each person, but we can award up to 165 based on other grants that we may get throughout the year.

Mayor, I would move to approve Resolution Number 1934 as presented. Second.

Motion to second. I have a question, Mayor. To approve Resolution 1934. Go ahead.

I think we have 12 contractors listed there.

There is 12. That's right.

We'll make that change.

Do we need to modify the motion then? Because you have it specifically at 11.

Yes, if you could just include in your motion to amend the resolution to reflect the 12.

I would make an amendment to the motion that we add the 12th contractor listed on the list.

Okay. Well, actually, I made the motion, so I'll amend it, and then you can agree.

So I'll amend it to include the 12.

Thank you. Second.

Second.

Okay. Thank you, Mike. Any other discussion? So we have a motion and a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. on your toes.

We would have had to figure out which one wasn't on the list. I appreciate you catching that.

Come back for another meeting for one.

No, I think what happened there was last year we had one separate from the other 11. And so when I'm looking at last year's resolution. But anyways, I'm not here to make excuses. I'll just learn how to count. Thank you.

Action Item 9C, Consideration to approve Resolution 1935 to award multiple individual on-call contracts for civil engineering and survey support services as needed from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $165,000 to be funded out of accounts 106151225 Public Works Consultants, 508051225 Water Consultants, and 518051225 wastewater consultants with possible grant reimbursement. Shelly, can you read resolution 1935 first? Thank you, Mayor Camaros.

Resolution number 1935, the resolution of the mayor and council of the city of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, approving the initial one-year renewal of each of the four on-call civil engineering survey support services agreements with various companies to provide on-call civil engineering service support Services for the fiscal year 2027. Authorizing expenditure of public funds, therefore, and authorizing execution by the city manager of the four agreement renewals. Is council pleased with that reading?

Yes. We're sure it's four.

I am sure there is four this time. Mayor, members of the council, same situation, bless you. We had an RSOQ last year for serving support services, and these were the four that applied during the RSOQ, and we awarded them a contract. And so this is the one-year renewal option that we're invoking.

Mr. Mayor, I would make a motion that we approve resolution number 1935 as presented. Second. Second.

Motion second for approval of resolution 1935. Is there any further discussion?

Mr. Mayor, members of council, I just want to kudos to Travis for being able to make heads or tails out of these contracts. They're complicated, they're convoluted because you have all this capacity with one little bucket and dealing with all the vendors, all these contracts, and Travis makes short order of it while he's busy saving the world and fighting for FEMA dollars.

And just to give a little background, if I may. So I believe the state statute allows up to $500,000 for services of these such. And so we know we wanted to have possible multiple years. And so we just did some math. 165 is close to the 500,000, just to make it kind of smooth for possible two years of renewal. And this is the first renewal year. So per contract, you're allowed to go up to $500,000 per contract. before going out to bid. Great. Okay.

Thank you. Okay, we'll call for the vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion passed. Item D is consideration and possible approval of change order number one to contract number CS20250107 with Phoenix Water Solutions for the WIFA Water Conservation Grant funded meter change out. in the amount of $52,709.94 with funds to come from account 508054005 Water, grant-funded capital outlay, and 508051245 Securing Future Water with a conservation grant. And Travis, I guess, again.

Yeah, I'm covering this one. Thank you, Mayor, members of the council. So we are done with the water meter change-outs, with the exception of vacant lands where we're going to wait until once there's a resident there or a house is built on a vacant land where there is a meter. But essentially the project is done, and so we're just closing out that water conservation grant. upon the final invoice with Phoenix Water Solutions. There was a change order through this that we We're looking at there's certain spots of the city where the water line had to be lower down into the ground because the meter once installed would be popping up and the lid wouldn't close. And so we asked them if they could handle that as they approach those meter boxes to then lower the line a little bit to make the meters fit. So that's the reason for the change order.

Any other questions? Freddy, go ahead.

So this was the aggregate of all of the relocations? Correct. OK. Do we know how many there were by chance?

I don't have a number. I don't have a number. It was under a couple hundred. I know that.

Mr. Mayor, members, council, like I say, our unofficial motto is don't kick the can down the road. We wanted to do these right and get them set down low where they should be. And there's some crazy stories about meters and how they're placed and how they line up. Every house in Globe is a little bit different. But this company took the time to do this and it was very, very important, very helpful. Did it right.

Especially if they're in concrete.

I would move to approve item, was it 9D?

9D, yes.

Second.

Motion second for approval of item 9D. Any further discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Motion passed. Thank you. Thank you, Travis. Good job. We have no late agenda item. Second call to the public. Do we have anybody?

We have nothing on email, but I think we did receive one by the council phone.

Yeah, two that came in at the very end of the last call. So this text is from, let me get a name. Crystal Knott Caldera. I appreciate that a meeting is finally being held, but I hope this isn't just another conversation without accountability.

I believe she's speaking towards Jesse's room.

This issue is much bigger than the citations that sparked this discussion. My research now goes back as far as the February 1891 Pinal Creek floods and includes documented events from the 2021 Telegraph Fire Bear Reports Flood mitigation discussions, delayed flood map updates, funding requests and public statements made by city and county leadership over several years. The questions many of us have are simple. What was known? When it was known? What projects were prioritized? What funding was received and what was communicated to the residents along the way? I understand large mitigation projects takes years. As someone who works in executive leadership, I fully understand that processes, engineering studies, grant applications, and funding don't happen overnight, but communication and transparency should never take years. Residents should not have learned more information after citations were issued than they did immediately following the flood itself. Leadership both then and now has a responsibility to explain decisions that directly impacted families, homes, and businesses. This is not about blaming one person or expecting perfection. It's about understanding how decisions were made and ensuring the community is informed moving forward. I have already compiled a timeline and research document containing publicly available records, dates, and sources, and I'm more than willing to share it and work collaboratively collaboratively if the goal is truly transparency. Please come to this meeting prepared with answers, timelines, and documentations, not just promises. The community deserves that. Crystal Mott Caldera.

Thank you.

And I have one more, Mr. Mayor.

This call is from Robert Caldera. I would ask the city for original complaint, inspection reports, photographs taken by inspectors, notice and order to comply 30-day letter, proof of mailing of service, re-inspection report, the specific code section cited in the summons, any determination that the structure was substantially damaged after the flood. Did code enforcement do this and can this be provided? Robert Caldera seeking clarification as to how the code enforcement officer should have processed his or her findings instead of subpoenas for residents.

Mr. Mayor, I think as we prepare to get ready for the presentation we had talked about, see if I can focus in on the exact request. There's a lot of information that's available now. It's available on our website under the flood tab. Let's see if I can kind of figure out what the question is they're asking and bring that forward in our presentation.

Do we have a schedule in the meetings? Future agenda items, anybody have?

Didn't you mention you wanted to try to bring?

Yes, and I think Paul mentioned that we're going to have that presentation coming forward.

And just kind of from the beginning, post-flood enforcement and what our actions, plans, timelines, what we've done since then. So we will bring that forward. And it'll be an extensive presentation, but it needs to happen, make sure for the community to perform.

Yeah, not only for the community, but for the council to understand the process to see if there's any changes that we can make that'll make it more effective, but still protecting the community at the same time. I think that's what we're after.

Mayor, I'll tell you, the next gigantic flood we have, we're going to do better. I hope I'm not here. Mayor, like I say, this is a learning process. We appreciate the kind words and the critique from the community. But this council has always been very, very transparent, open to hear what is going on. And I think you've been demonstrating that tonight, as you have for the past 10 years that I've worked here. That's all we learned.

The motion for adjournment? Motion made. Motion second for adjournment. All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Meeting adjourned.

All right. Thank you.

Wow.

You're getting better.

Yeah, I've been.

Thank you. Good luck tomorrow.