The Tempe City Council voted on multiple routine and regulatory matters during its Nov. 6 session, adopting fee schedule updates, professional services contracts and several code amendments. The council recorded unanimous votes on the items listed below.

Minutes and consent items
The council approved the Oct. meeting minutes and accepted board, commission and committee minutes (items 4A1 and 4B1'B9) by voice vote, recorded as 7 to 0. The full consent agenda (items 7A1'A4, 7B1'B4 and 7C1'C7) was moved, seconded and approved 7 to 0.

Utility fees and procurement
Council held public hearings and adopted resolutions to modify schedules of charges, rates, deposits and fees for water services (item 8A1), wastewater services (8A2) and solid-waste services (8A3); each passed 7 to 0. The council authorized utilization of a cooperative contract for the purchase of solid-waste collection vehicles (8A4) and awarded a professional-services contract to Dimblett Associates Consulting Engineers for a collection-system assessment (8A5); those actions passed unanimously.

Ordinances and code amendments
- Middle-housing overlay (8C1): Second and final public hearing held; ordinance adopted 7 to 0 to add a middle-housing overlay district in the zoning code as cited in the meeting (a state-required overlay was referenced).
- Municipal administrative review / HB 2447 implementation (8C2; 8C3): Council adopted code amendments to change certain duties and powers of the Development Review Commission and to designate the community-development director (or designee) for administrative review and approval of site plans, design review and plats; both items passed 7 to 0.
- Veterans Commission update (8C4): Council amended the Tempe City Code to add a benchmark for recognizing Arizona veteran-supported employers; approved 7 to 0.
- Electric-vehicle charging spaces (8C5): Council amended parking rules related to time limits at charging spaces and adopted the ordinance 7 to 0.
- Easements and abandonments (8C6'C8): The council approved an alley and utility-easement abandonment, and granted power-distribution easements to Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District on several city-owned parcels; each motion carried 7 to 0.

Procedure and next steps
Several items introduced for first hearing were scheduled for second hearings on Nov. 13 or Dec. 11, 2025, as noted on the agenda. Council members declared no conflicts and no roll-call dissent was recorded on the items summarized above.