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Votes at a glance: council approves consent items, Tractor Supply permit, Australia 14 rezoning, sets utility-rate hearing

5947504 · September 23, 2025

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Summary

At its Sept. 22 meeting the Goodyear City Council approved the consent agenda (items 2–6), granted a Tractor Supply use permit, adopted the Australia 14 PAD rezoning ordinance, and set a Dec. 15 public hearing on utility rates; all recorded votes passed unanimously, 7-0.

The Goodyear City Council on Sept. 22 took the following formal actions (all votes recorded as passing 7-0 unless otherwise noted):

- Consent agenda (Items 2–6): Approved by roll call. Items included approval of minutes; approval of a Drug Enforcement Agency equitable sharing agreement and certification (ESAC) with the U.S. Department of Justice; adoption of Resolution No. 2025-2489 approving the sixth amendment to an infrastructure development agreement for Phoenix 1011; adoption of Resolution No. 2025-2490 declaring city property as public right-of-way for West Broadway Road; and adoption of Resolution No. 2025-2491 authorizing the city manager or designee to execute a job-creation agreement with Schneider Electric IT Corporation.

- Use permit — Tractor Supply (public hearing): Approved with stipulations, including an added stipulation formalizing the truck route to avoid a neighboring business’s parking lot. Vote recorded as 7-0.

- Ordinance No. 2025-1639 — Australia 14 PAD rezoning (public hearing): Adopted; rezoned approximately 1,505 acres from Australia Phase 2 PAD to Australia 14 PAD; set a cap of 6,034 total residential units, limited multifamily to a maximum of 864 units, and required a minimum of 18% open space. Vote: 7-0.

- Notice of intent — utility rates (business item): Council adopted the notice of intent to set a public hearing on proposed water, wastewater, solid waste rate changes and a newly proposed stormwater fee and set the hearing for Dec. 15, 2025. The proposal includes an overall recommended increase of 7.3% (no rates adopted at this meeting). Vote: 7-0.

For each item that received a formal vote, council recorded the unanimous outcome; in a few cases the roll-call record showed only one member verbally state 'Aye' on the record before the clerk announced the vote tally. Items adopted as ordinances or resolutions will be implemented or phased according to stipulations and follow-up conditions described in the staff reports and ordinance language.