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First reading: ordinance to repeal firearm transfer background-check fee read to council
Summary
Mayor Wallace read Ordinance 2026-01, which would repeal a fee for criminal background checks before firearm transfers to align the town code with A.R.S. 13-3108(A); the item received a first reading only.
During the Jan. 22 meeting the Town Attorney presented the first reading of Ordinance 2026-01 to amend Town Code Title 2 and repeal a fee charged for criminal background checks before transfer of a firearm. The ordinance is described in the minutes as a code change required to align the town with state law (A.R.S. 13-3108(A)). Mayor Johann Wallace performed the reading; the council did not adopt the ordinance at the meeting.
No public testimony or council motion to adopt was recorded at the first reading. As recorded in the minutes, the action at this meeting was the first reading only; any final adoption will require a subsequent council action and a recorded vote.
