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El Mirage council approves vehicle purchases, utility deferrals and parks shade contract
Summary
The El Mirage Common Council voted Oct. 21 to approve replacement vehicles for police and administrative staff, a temporary utility-payment deferral for federal employees affected by the federal government shutdown, the 2026 meeting calendar and a contract to install six park shade structures.
The El Mirage Common Council voted Oct. 21 to approve several routine and substantive items, including replacement vehicles for the police and administrative fleet, a temporary utility payment deferral for federal and military employees affected by the federal government shutdown, adoption of the 2026 council meeting schedule, and a $342,326 procurement to install six shade structures at city parks.
The council approved the consent agenda and moved three items (4.4, 4.5 and 4.6) to the regular agenda for separate votes. Vice Mayor Parsons made the motions on most items and Council Member Dorsey seconded; votes were taken by voice and recorded as approved by the council. Individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript; outcomes below reflect council action as announced during the meeting.
Key formal actions
- Purchase of three 2026 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Units from Peoria Ford under Arizona contract CTR 59,322 at a total cost not to exceed $249,000 (includes $243,427.71 plus $5,572.29 contingency). Motion to approve carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
- Purchase of two 2025 Toyota Camry dual-purpose vehicles from Larry H. Miller under Arizona contract CTR 70729 at a total cost not to exceed $68,000 (includes $65,732.96 plus $2,267.04 contingency). Motion to approve carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
- Approval of minutes of the Oct. 7, 2025 regular meeting as amended. Motion carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
- Authorization for the city manager to implement a temporary utility payment deferral program for federal and military employees impacted by the federal government shutdown; deferrals remain in effect until 60 days after the federal government reopens. Motion carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
- Approval of Ordinance O25-10-09 setting the dates, times and location of the 2026 El Mirage city council meetings. Motion carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
- Authorization for the city manager to enter into a construction contract with ShadeNet to install six shade structures at park locations at a total proposed cost of $312,326.61 plus $30,000 contingency (total proposed with contingency $342,326.61). Motion carried by voice vote. (Mover: Vice Mayor Parsons; Second: Council Member Dorsey).
Notes on voting and recordkeeping
Votes during the meeting were taken by voice with the clerk announcing outcomes as "approved" where there were no recorded objections. The public transcript does not list a roll-call vote for each item; individual councilmember votes are not separately captured in the transcript. Where a motion and a second were recorded, those names are listed above; the council announced each motion as approved following the voice vote.
Provenance: The actions summarized above were introduced and moved during the regular agenda beginning at the council’s discussion of consent items and continuing through the vehicle purchases, utility deferral, ordinance and shade-structure contract (see transcript segments cited in provenance).
