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Goodyear council places two utility franchise agreements and charter questions on May 20, 2025 special election
Summary
Goodyear's council voted 7–0 to place 25-year franchise agreements for EPCOR Water and Liberty Utilities and previously approved charter amendments on a special election ballot for May 20, 2025; the city estimates the election cost at about $169,000 to be split three ways.
Goodyear — The City Council voted unanimously Nov. 4 to place two utility franchise agreements and city charter amendment questions on a special election ballot set for May 20, 2025.
City Attorney Roy McMassy told the council the two franchise agreements — one with EPCOR Water, Arizona Incorporated, and one with Liberty Utilities (Litchfield Park Water and Sewer Corporation) — are substantively similar and govern the companies’ use of city rights-of-way. "The terms of these agreements are not to regulate how the utility operates, it only regulates how they use our right of way," McMassy said, explaining the agreements specify rights, duties and conditions for…
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