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Votes at a glance: El Mirage council actions on rates, fees, budget, billboards and zoning (May 6, 2025)
Summary
A compact list of formal actions taken by the El Mirage Common Council on May 6, 2025, including the water/wastewater rate resolution, fee schedule, tentative budget, zoning text amendment, and a billboard procurement contract.
On May 6 the El Mirage Common Council took several formal votes on financial, land-use and procurement matters. Below are the outcomes, key details and immediate follow-ups.
- Consent agenda (items 1–11): Approved by voice vote. Items included routine administrative and contract approvals; no separate roll-call recorded in the meeting minutes excerpt.
- Resolution R25-54: Water and wastewater rates — Adopted after reconsideration; final roll-call vote 4–3. See separate coverage for background on meter replacement, enterprise fund issues, and public comment.
- Resolution R25-55: Miscellaneous fees and service charges (FY26 consolidated fee schedule) — Adopted by council following direction on the water rates; vote carried 4–3. The fee schedule will be updated to reflect the adopted utility rates and other consolidated fees.
- Tentative budget (Resolution R25-0506): Adopted as the city’s estimated expenditures and revenues for FY 2025–26. The council approved the tentative budget by roll call (5–2). Staff said the FY26 budget includes carryforward capital and a hybrid object-code “zero-based” presentation for FY26 (object-code changes noted); final budget and property-tax public hearing are scheduled before final adoption in June.
- Zoning text amendment (Land Use Vol. 2, Ch. 154.052): Adopted unanimously. The council prohibited manufactured homes in mixed-use zones and allowed modular homes in mixed-use and suburban neighborhoods as a permitted use.
- Procurement: One-time purchase to replace two digital billboard signs at Gateway Park and Bill Gentry Park — Approved through a cooperative contract with Precise Sign Company, LLC (Daktronics 8 mm displays). The contract award is within the FY25 budgeted amount and includes a 10-year warranty and parts package; installation estimated at eight weeks.
Follow-up: Staff will update fee schedules and CIP procurement plans, finalize billboard installation plans and warranties, and prepare final adoptions (budget/property tax) at subsequent hearings.
