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Votes at a glance: Sierra Vista council approves liquor licenses, fund transfer and grant; pool reopening motion fails
Summary
Council approved several consent items and licenses by voice vote, accepted a $100,860 Operation Stone Garden grant, transferred $609,000 from the general fund to the sewer fund, and rejected a motion to pursue reopening the Pueblo Del Sol pool.
The Sierra Vista City Council on Feb. 13 took multiple routine and substantive votes: approving liquor licenses and personnel appointments on the consent agenda, accepting a homeland security grant, transferring funds to shore up the sewer fund and rejecting a motion to pursue reopening the Pueblo Del Sol pool.
Votes at a glance
- Agenda approval: Motion to approve the Feb. 13 agenda — approved by voice vote.
- Consent agenda: Included minutes (Jan. 7 work session; Jan. 9 regular meeting; Jan. 28 special meeting) and several resolutions: Resolution 2025-006 (reaffirming appointment of Carolyn Umfrey and appointment of Clea McCall and Angelica Landry to the Sierra Vista Metropolitan Planning Organization board of directors), Resolution 2025-007 (reappointment of Clea McCall and Carolyn Umfrey, and appointment of Mark Rodriguez as primary member to the Upper San Pedro Partnership Advisory Commission; reaffirmed alternates Charles Petuchek and Angelica Landry), Resolutions 2025-008 and 2025-009 (designating David J. Felix to sign and submit the city's annual expenditure limitation report for FY2024 and FY2025). The consent agenda was approved by voice vote; no public comments opposed these items at the hearing.
- Resolution 2025-010: Approve a new Series 10 (beer and wine retail) liquor license for DJ Retail LLC (Dollar General store #24646) at the corner of Avenida Del Sol and Highway 90 — approved by voice vote. Staff reported the police background check found no objection; the application will go to the state for final issuance.
- Resolution 2025-011: Acquisition of control of a Series 6 (full bar) liquor license for Paul Pubsley's Bar and Grill LLC (application filed by Donde Minor) — approved by voice vote.
- Resolution 2025-012: Authorize pursuit of necessary improvements and reopening of the Pueblo Del Sol swimming pool — motion failed (voice vote: “the noes have it”). Staff and the Parks & Recreation Commission recommended against the action because capital costs were estimated at roughly $800,000 for pool repairs plus several-hundred-thousand dollars for restroom upgrades and estimated annual operating costs of $100,000–$200,000.
- Resolution 2025-013: Transfer of funds from the General Fund to the Sewer Fund to cover forgiveness of a note associated with Castle and Cooke; amount cited by staff was $609,000 and change — approved by voice vote. Finance staff said the General Fund's estimated ending fund balance for FY2024 would remain strong (about $10.5 million) and the transfer preserves sewer enterprise fund ratepayer equity.
- Resolution 2025-014: Accept Arizona Department of Homeland Security Operation Stone Garden grant funding agreement (240425-01) for $100,860 to reimburse overtime and related employee costs for high-visibility enforcement deployments — approved by voice vote. The police chief said the program supports proactive enforcement in partnership with Border Patrol and Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
Where vote tallies were not recorded in the record, the council used voice votes and the clerk announced outcomes. No roll-call tallies were provided in the transcript.
