Mesa council approves broad consent agenda including contracts, zoning items and annexations

The Mesa City Council approved a broad consent agenda that bundled purchasing contracts, service term agreements, resolutions and several zoning and annexation ordinances in a single motion.

Christopher, a staff member presenting the list, read items that included multi-year term contracts for an online police reporting solution, custodial services, emergency environmental and restoration services, street sweeping, herbicide application, concrete installation and other fleet and public-works equipment purchases. The list also included procurement actions funded by the local streets sales tax and equipment purchases for the Mesa Police Department, Fire Medical Department and multiple city departments.

The consent package included a resolution to submit the city’s electric integrated resource plan to the Western Area Power Administration “in conformance with federal regulations,” an intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Queen Creek to reimburse engineering design costs for a natural gas line extension, and an amendment to a memorandum of understanding with Habitat Phoenix to continue negotiations for a project called Eco Mesa East.

Several zoning and land-use ordinances and annexation cases were also on the consent agenda, including rezones, plan area development overlays, and a development agreement for the project referred to as Medina Station. Christopher summarized the consent items and Mayor Freeman asked for any items to be pulled for separate consideration; no requests were made.

Vice Mayor Summer made the motion to approve the consent agenda; Councilmember Julie Spilsbury seconded. The council voted to approve the package "with Councilmember Duff absent," according to the meeting record. No separate discussion or roll-call tally for individual consent items is recorded in the transcript.