Council approves slate of board appointments and several consent resolutions including Bartlett Dam study cost-share increase

At the Jan. 13 Glendale City Council meeting, the council approved a broad slate of appointments to boards and commissions and adopted consent resolutions authorizing several intergovernmental agreements and grants.

Council accepted appointments across many city advisory bodies (audit committee, aviation advisory commission, board of adjustments, citizens transportation oversight commission, citizens utility advisory commission, commission on diverse cultures, community development advisory committee, historic preservation commission, industrial development authority, library advisory board, municipal property corporation and park and recreation advisory commission). The appointment motion listed each appointee and the term expiration dates; the council then swore in those present collectively.

On the consent resolutions, staff read and council approved items 14–20. Notable actions included authorization to acquire an easement for right-of-way purposes along Litchfield Road adjacent to Luke Air Force Base; ratification of an amendment to an anti-human-trafficking grant agreement modifying scope and extending the contract term; intergovernmental data-sharing and traffic-signal agreements with neighboring cities; acceptance of two Arizona Department of Transportation airport development grants (grant numbers E6M4G01P and E6M4H01D); and authorization to increase cost-share payments for a Bartlett Dam feasibility study by $288,000 and extend the agreement term.

Council approved the consent resolutions in one motion with no public objections recorded.