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At a glance: Key Board of Supervisors actions May 7 in Maricopa County
Summary
A roundup of votes taken by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on May 7, including planning and zoning consent items, deannexation and liquor license approvals, continuances, and district appointments.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors took a series of routine and contested actions during its May 7 meeting. This roundup lists each formal action recorded in the meeting and the board outcome.
Votes at a glance
- Planning and zoning consent agenda (items 6–8): Approved as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
- Statutory hearing — Deannexation from the City of Phoenix to Maricopa County (item 9): A public commenter spoke about transit and infrastructure concerns. Board approved the deannexation by unanimous vote.
- Statutory hearing — New liquor license for Canyon Lake Marina (item 10): Approved unanimously.
- Transportation statutory hearing — Patent easement abandonment, road file PAB0260 (item 11): Staff requested a continuance to the May 21 meeting; board approved the continuance unanimously.
- Superior Court statutory hearing — Law library fee increase (item 12): Approved unanimously.
- Board of Supervisors consent agenda (items 13–62): Approved as presented, with items 37 and 39 pulled for separate discussion. Motion carried unanimously for the remainder of consent items.
- Consent pull item 37 — Acceptance of grant funds from U.S. Department of Energy for EV charging infrastructure: After staff questions and discussion, approved unanimously (see separate coverage).
- Consent pull item 39 — Maricopa County preemployment background investigations policy HR 2435 revision: Continued to the May 21 meeting (see separate coverage).
- Procurement — IGA for IT solutions, products and services (item 63): Board approved tying to the City of Mesa procurement with CDW and SHI; motion carried unanimously.
- County Attorney — Competition impracticable for outside counsel payment (item 64): Board approved $27,518 payment related to election litigation invoices; motion carried unanimously.
- Improvement district (item 65): Approved as shown; unanimous.
- Flood control district appointment (item 66): Appointment of Jerry Ben Wilner to the flood control district approved unanimously.
Meeting notes: Several items generated public comment, including concerns about transit and cloud hosting; the preemployment policy was continued so staff can provide additional policy language for random verifications and cost documentation.
