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Council approves stadium lighting and scoreboard contract increases; public speaker urges multiuse fields
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Summary
The council approved one‑time dollar increases for stadium lighting and video display/scoreboard contracts after a public commenter argued the city should prioritize multiuse facilities that are used year‑round.
Mesa City Council approved a one‑time dollar limit increase to a term contract for stadium lighting and lighting control systems (item 5d) and a related one‑time dollar limit increase for a video display/scoreboard (item 5e) on Feb. 23.
Public commenter Reggie Braun urged the city to consider broader uses of stadium investments, to avoid no‑compete clauses that lock the city into single‑use facilities, and to negotiate for multiuse fields that could be used for soccer, lacrosse and other events year‑round. “Fields like soccer, where we have a global economy of $50,000,000,000…we should consider multiuse investments,” Braun said. He criticized provisions he described as requiring the city to match standards set by other, larger markets, and suggested the city negotiate differently in future contracts.
Council combined items 5d and 5e for a single vote; the motion passed unanimously. The transcript does not show amendments to contract language on the record or additional conditions added during the meeting.
