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The proposal matters because the city is a designated provider with a 100-year assured water supply and has an active application to the State Department of Water Resources to add roughly 10,000 acre-feet per year to its portfolio, Chappell said. She warned the council that uncertainty on the Colorado River makes clearer internal rules important for growth management and for communicating expectations to the development community.

Under the draft policy, staff would use the city's integrated water master plan and the land-use layer to assign an allocation for each undeveloped parcel. Chappell gave a numeric example: a 100-acre parcel assigned single-family residential at four dwelling units per acre would receive water sufficient for roughly 400 homes — about 160,000 gallons per day — and developers would have to design projects to fit that water budget. \"We would use historic consumption as their allocation\" for already developed parcels, she said, citing utility-billing data as the basis for those allocations.

The draft spells out options for applicants who need more water than the parcel's allocation. Chappell told council that such applicants could (1) locate on a different parcel with a higher allocation, (2) purchase or lease water from another provider or rights holder, or (3) purchase additional resources from the city's available portfolio if any exist. \"Market rate for us would be what the market's bearing today for that resource,\" she said, and emphasized that any water the city sells must qualify as a 100-year supply to meet the city's designation requirements.

Chappell said staff will discourage—and ultimately seek ordinance language to prohibit—private \"self-service\" groundwater pumping inside the city's service area. \"We would strongly discourage and hopefully prohibit even self-service within the city's service area, and would definitely oppose anyone trying to drill a well within our service area,\" she said. She also described existing state-level permitting: to drill a well in Arizona, an applicant must obtain a permit from the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR), and ADWR notifies the city when a permit is applied for so the city may participate in the public process.

To make allocations transparent and usable during due diligence, staff are building a GIS tool that will let development-services staff (and developers) click on a parcel to see its assigned allocation. Chappell said staff will implement council feedback in the draft, complete the GIS tool and staff training, and return the policy for formal adoption later this spring; she also said the ordinances needed to implement the policy with the development community would be brought forward in the fall.

Council members voiced broad support for a written policy but asked for clearer decision pathways for exceptional cases. \"Every case is different,\" said Councilwoman Kano, who thanked staff and urged a decision structure that could include development services, the water department and the city manager's office, and — when warranted — council consultation for high-impact proposals. Kano said the policy should remain flexible so the city can accept major economic-development users when appropriate.

Other councilmembers asked staff to strengthen the draft's language opposing private wells from \"discouraged\" to a more directive prohibition in the implementing ordinances, and to emphasize conservation as part of the broader strategic plan. Chappell replied that staff will work with the city attorney to craft ordinance language and that conservation and zoning updates will be tied to the strategic plan and future zoning changes.

No formal action or vote was taken; staff were directed to incorporate council feedback and return with revised policy language, the GIS tool and proposed ordinances for future consideration.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Work Session - 04/07/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Barbara Chappell, the city\u0000\u0000's Water Services director, presented a draft water resource allocation policy at a Goodyear City Council work session, saying the proposal would assign a fixed \"paper water\" allocation to every undeveloped parcel inside the city's service area and set rules for large water users and annexations.","taxTitle","Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona","taxId",2568,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6571351,"Goodyear finance staff propose procurement-code updates, including higher formal thresholds and larger job-order cap",315,2174000,2489000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3049624-2a2f03c2527a7a4a95d9732fafd2529a&start=2174&end=2489","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3049624-2a2f03c2527a7a4a95d9732fafd2529a/thumbnail_2174000.jpg","/articles/6571351/Goodyear/Maricopa-County/Arizona/Goodyear-finance-staff-propose-procurement-code-updates-including-higher-formal-thresholds-and-larger-job-order-cap","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6571351-8fec62728a1ae5ffa44dc593350380df/orig.mp4?Expires=1771145363&Signature=UrcMSmUgomI4Ei5iDClcyqMmKaA8XuMRev919dKcCbzZpRtJ7LgUjBkCV496NXL1wu7UvYlpilik7TL6uOiMlWbD6IiCojXgsxH4QxPS8UhpZ~23KNtnAOrSZb42SlqnOGlVUC73fX-wZOVSOreGGKmSNra-1xmhORtcY6TJw2kIflvHDJZkrkJNb79wqjH2ij3dIV83KTq5F4FJscBHPnHCndS3tWIdHjHGPjHunXm9f8M7njFWuxHA3Bq5wiOlOW7icGyTE5PycBluYYP4e0Cdfpa1x4Zy29k0MOdKL7OSKrVnxHgCnm8RqeanMHI8vd9uexhwlwEC46qKZRcV-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jared Askelson, the city finance director, and Deputy Finance Director Kevin Custer presented a proposed update to Goodyear's procurement code at the council work session, recommending higher dollar thresholds for formal procurement, a larger job-order contracting cap and procedural changes to speed capital projects.

Askelson told the council the procurement code has not been updated since 2008 and that the code governs stewardship of public funds, transparency and procurement oversight. The major recommendations are: increase the formal procurement threshold from $50,000 to $100,000; set the job-order contracting maximum at $5,000,000 (state statute currently references $1,000,000 as the common threshold); and adopt a process to grant expenditure authority for items at or above $500,000 during the annual budget adoption so such projects can proceed without separate council expenditure-authority items.

Deputy Finance Director Kevin Custer described formal procurement as a managed, advertised process that typically takes 30 to 60 days and involves an evaluation panel. \"Typically, you're looking at anywhere from, you know, 30 days to 60 days for that process to happen,\" he said. Custer and Askelson said raising the formal-procurement threshold to $100,000 would align Goodyear with most comparable Valley cities and reduce administrative delay for lower-dollar solicitations.

The presentation also explained job-order contracting as an alternative construction delivery method — essentially an on-call master contract for less-complex construction work — and noted that other local cities set higher limits. Staff said the city currently used one contract last year that permitted work up to $5,000,000 through reliance on another city's job-order contract; Askelson said the city has four contracts that exceed $1,000,000 and that the average job order has been about $650,000. Staff estimated that increasing the formal threshold from $50,000 to $100,000 would affect roughly 250 purchase orders, about 15% of the city's purchase orders.

Askelson described other code cleanups: modernizing definitions and processes to allow electronic procurement, clarifying surplus-property disposition to align procurement code with police-department rules for firearms and K-9s, and updating approval steps for audit contracts now that the city will have an internal auditor.

Council reaction was generally supportive of raising the formal-procurement threshold to $100,000, with several members citing inflation and workload as reasons to streamline routine procurements. Some members expressed hesitation about increasing the job-order contracting cap from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 and asked for clear internal controls. Askelson and Custer said projects that would use job-order contracting would remain budgeted projects and would involve procurement and departmental review; the procurement manager retains authority to select delivery method but the process is not a unilateral decision.

Councilmembers also asked whether procurement procedures would be audited. Askelson said the city is expecting an internal auditor and that procurement will be a likely focus of audits; staff plan training on the updated code and procurement regulations. No ordinance or code change was adopted at the meeting; staff were directed to proceed with drafting code language, training materials and coordination with the incoming internal auditor for future review and adoption.","Finance staff proposed raising the city's formal procurement threshold from $50,000 to $100,000, setting a $5 million cap for job-order contracting, and changing how council grants expenditure authority for budgeted items; council members generally supported efficiency gains while asking for safeguards and audit oversight.","actionData","errors"]

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Goodyear staff propose parcel-based water allocation policy to guide development

Goodyear finance staff propose procurement-code updates, including higher formal thresholds and larger job-order cap