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Mesa council unanimously approves consent agenda, authorizes city manager contract
Summary
The Mesa City Council approved a broad consent agenda April 21 that included liquor-license approvals, multiple public-works and procurement contracts, a grant-resolution batch, land-use ordinances and an employment contract for Scott Fowler as city manager effective June 1, 2025.
The Mesa City Council unanimously approved the consent agenda at its April 21 meeting, enacting a package of procurement contracts, grant-authority resolutions, land-use items and an employment contract for a new city manager.
Vice Mayor Summers moved approval of the consent agenda and Councilmember Reddy seconded; the motion “passes unanimously,” the mayor announced.
The consent package, as read into the record by council staff, contained the following notable items:
- Liquor-license applications for multiple businesses, including Mesa Drummer Bar and Grill, Tipsy Chicken, Bambada Cajun Seafood and Dozer's Grill (addresses read into the record).
- Construction and procurement contracts, including approval of Signal Butte Park Phase 2 under the 2018 general-obligation parks bond program and several multi-year term contracts for storm-drain parts, LED streetlight fixtures, communications cabling systems, weed and landscape management for water-treatment sites, and filtration media purchase for the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant.
- An authorization for the mayor to enter into an employment contract with Scott Fowler for the position of city manager, effective June 1, 2025.
- A resolution to enter an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to assign one Mesa Police Department detective to the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force with up to 75% reimbursement.
- A batch of resolutions authorizing submittal and acceptance of grant applications and awards passed through multiple agencies and nonprofit partners listed in the record (Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation; New Leaf; Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children; Boys & Girls Clubs; Child Bridal, Arizona; Jean Lewis Boxing Club and Youth Center; Maggie's Place; Native American Fatherhood and Families Association; Toothpods — names reported as read by staff).
- Land-use items: introduction of an ordinance adjusting posted speed limits on Val Vista Drive as recommended by the Transportation Advisory Board; rezoning case 24-7-56 for property south of the southeast corner of McCallops Road and Valdez Drive; ordinances regarding municipal-court monitoring fees and authority for the city manager to extinguish and grant easements; and a subdivision plat of dedication for PHX 065 at the northwest corner of Pecos Road and South 106th Place.
The council took no separate roll-call discussion of any consent item; no items were pulled for separate consideration from the consent agenda during the meeting.
Votes at a glance: the council approved the entire consent agenda in a single unanimous vote; the meeting record shows the motion by Vice Mayor Summers and second by Councilmember Reddy and the mayor declared the motion passed unanimously. The transcript does not list individual yes/no votes by name beyond that announcement.
Ending: With the consent agenda approved, the council proceeded to the public-comment portion of the meeting.
