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City of Buckeye staff present 2025 legislative priorities; water and transportation emphasized
Summary
City staff previewed the City of Buckeye’s 2025 legislative priorities, highlighting water policy, restoration of I‑10 widening funding, and protecting local land-use authority; no formal council vote recorded in the transcript.
City of Buckeye staff presented the city’s proposed 2025 legislative priorities to the City Council, emphasizing water policy, transportation funding, protection of local decision-making authority, and federal priorities including airport and water infrastructure funding.
John Raider, intergovernmental relations deputy director for the City of Buckeye, led the presentation and said the priorities guide the city’s legislative activity and inform when and how staff signs in or testifies on bills. “Each year we come before council … to request approval of the legislative priorities, which helps define the city's legislative initiatives and guides us on how to weigh in on bills throughout the legislative session,” Raider said.
Raider provided a brief recap of the…
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