May 19, 2026 Council Meetings

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EVENING, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MARANA TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.

[ CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COMERFORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER KAI. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE STAND FOR A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOLLOWED BY A SHORT MOMENT OF SILENCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SEATED. WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO

[ APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

SO WHEN I GET A MOTION FOR THE AGENDA, IF WE COULD REMOVE THAT.

ANYBODY MAKE THAT MOTION? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. ITEM PASSES.

CALL TO THE PUBLIC. AT THIS TIME, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE TOWN COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL,

[ CALL TO THE PUBLIC At this time any member of the public is allowed to address the Town Council on any issue within the jurisdiction of the Town Council, except for items scheduled for a Public Hearing at this meeting. The speaker may have up to three minutes to speak. Any persons wishing to address the Council must complete a speaker card and deliver it to the Town Clerk. Individuals addressing a meeting at the Call to the Public will not be provided with electronic technology capabilities beyond the existing voice amplification and recording capabilities in the facilities. Pursuant to the Arizona Open Meeting Law, at the conclusion of Call to the Public, individual members of the Council may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the Council, and may ask staff to review the matter, or may ask that the matter be placed on a future agenda.]

THE SPEAKER MAY HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WE WILL DO 30 MINUTES AGAIN TONIGHT. MR. UDALL, DO WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS TONIGHT.

THE FIRST IS CEPAND ALIZADEH, FOLLOWED BY MELODY STRATMANN.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CEPAND ALIZADEH. I WORK FOR THE ARIZONA TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL, 2800 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, SUITE 1530, IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA. I AM HERE TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER TONIGHT.

AND I AM HERE ALSO TO DISCUSS DATA CENTERS. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY THINK OF DATA CENTERS, WHETHER YOU'RE OPPOSED, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT THEM, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WHATEVER IT IS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND EXPRESSING YOUR VIEWS, LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. THIS IS DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.

THIS IS WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS EXPECTED WHEN THEY CREATED OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 250 YEARS AGO.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. I WANT TO BEGIN ABOUT DATA CENTERS BY SAYING DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

THAT'S LIKE SAYING MY IPHONE 16, WHICH IS IN MY LEFT HAND, IS THE SAME AS MY IPHONE 8 IN MY RIGHT HAND.

THEY LOOK ALIKE, BUT THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PHONES, TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE ABLE TO DO TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.

OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY HAS EVOLVED.

DATA CENTERS HAVE BECOME SMARTER ABOUT WATER USE, SMARTER ABOUT ENERGY USE, SMARTER ABOUT RECYCLING HEAT.

AND WITH WATER, I'M GOING TO BRING UP THE CLOSED LOOP TECHNOLOGY.

SO WE'RE SEEING THESE DATA CENTERS LIKE ALL TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY, EVOLVE.

ANOTHER THING WITH DATA CENTERS IS THAT THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN AND CREATING DATA CENTERS ALL ACROSS OUR STATE.

KNOW THAT ALL EYES ARE ON THEM. THEY KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT CREATE A BAD PRODUCT.

BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO GET SCRUTINIZED AND VILIFIED IF THEY CREATE A BAD PRODUCT.

SO THEY ARE TAKING THE TIME TO CREATE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE COMMUNITY ASSETS, THAT ARE SMART ABOUT WATER, SMART ABOUT ENERGY, WHATEVER IT IS. SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO JUST SAY TO THE MARANA COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT DATA CENTERS, PLEASE ENGAGE DEVELOPERS.

PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS. GO TO THEM, GIVE YOUR SUGGESTIONS, LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, AND GET THE TRUTH ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS. THESE DEVELOPERS ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THEY DON'T WANT TO CREATE A BAD PRODUCT. THEY WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE PROUD OF.

AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING AND ALLOWING ME TO COME HERE TONIGHT, TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS, AND I AM READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MAY HAVE.

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MR. MAYOR, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE.

I CALL TO THE PUBLIC IF A MEMBER OF COUNCIL WANTS TO RESPOND AT THE CONCLUSION, THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL. AND AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERY MARANA RESIDENT WHO WAS HERE.

WHATEVER YOU THINK OF DATA CENTERS, THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MELODY STRATMANN, FOLLOWED BY OUR FINAL SPEAKER, JACKIE CRAIG.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELODY STRATMANN. I LIVE IN MARANA AND I'M THE PROUD MOTHER OF A SON WHO HAS SERVED WITH THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I'VE MISSED THE PAST THREE MEETINGS AND THOUGHT THE TALKS MIGHT HAVE SETTLED DOWN REGARDING ILLEGALS AND THE PROPOSED DETENTION CENTER.

I WATCHED THE ONLINE VIDEOS OF MEETINGS AND CONTINUED TO HEAR FOLKS TALK ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ILLEGALS.

RARELY DO I HEAR COMMENTS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS KILLED BY ILLEGALS.

BASED ON WHAT THE MEDIA PUTS OUT, THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST A BLIP ON THE NEWSPAPER, IN THE NEWSPAPER, OR ON THE NEWS. A FOCUS ON THESE PEOPLE WOULD NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE.

THIS EVENING I WILL REMEMBER THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WILL FOREVER FACE THE GRIEF OF THEIR LOSS.

AND I PROBABLY WON'T EVEN GET THROUGH THE A'S.

MARGARET ABADALWOOD, KATIE ABRAHAM, JOYCE ABRAMOWITZ, BRANDON ABRAMS, MARGARET ABADALWOOD. IN SITU. AYA. ARSENIO. ARACELI ROMERO ACEVEDO. JESUS ACOSTA. PABLO. ROBERTO ACOSTA.

SAUL LOPEZ ACOSTA. TRINIDAD CASTRO ACOSTA. MARTIN IRAN EDAME.

ALDEN ADAMS. TERRANCE ARIEL. ANDREA AGOSTO. AGENT LUIS A.

AGUILAR. SIMON AGUILAR. STACY AGUILAR. ADRIAN AGUIRRE.

MICHAEL AGUIRRE. NICOLE ALLEN AGUIRRE. LEONOR ALPIZAR.

ESMERALDO ALVARADO. GENESIS ALVARADO. JONATHAN ALVARADO.

DIANA ALVARADO. BRYAN ALVAREZ. JOHNNY ALVAREZ.

BRENDA AMAYA. OSCAR AMAYA. JOHN ANDERSON. MARCUS ANDERSON.

SHATIVIA ANDERSON. CHRISTIAN ANDRADE CATALINA ANDRADE, RENE ANTONIO, JOSEPH APONTE, HILDA ARANDA, DETECTIVE HUGO ARANGO, LINDA ARCHER, MICHAEL ARCHULETA JUNIOR. GABRIELA GONZALEZ ARDEN, MARCO GOMEZ ARIAS, CARLOS ARIZA, ANICETO AMENDERES, BRITTANY ARMSTRONG, MELISSA ARMSTRONG, EDWARD ARMSTRONG, EDWARD DEAN ARMSTRONG, BRENDA ASHCRAFT, ALEXANDER ATKIN, OFFICER MARK ATKINSON. AND I'LL STOP RIGHT THERE. BUT I HAVE PAGES OF THESE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THAT GET LEFT OUT OF THE NEWS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE FINAL SPEAKER CARD I HAVE FOR TONIGHT IS JACKIE CRAIG.

HI, I'M JACKIE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF MARANA. HELLO EVERYBODY.

NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I'M HERE TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE I AM A WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR MARANA TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND AS A CANDIDATE, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I WORKED WITH YOU FOR FOUR YEARS, MOST OF YOU EXCEPT COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE THAT THAT IS SO.

AND I BELIEVE IN YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE STAFF, WE HAVE AN AMAZING STAFF HERE AT THE TOWN OF MARANA, AND THEY ARE CAPABLE, SMART, EFFECTIVE. TOGETHER, THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF HAVE CREATED THIS PROSPEROUS AND SAFE TOWN WITH AMAZING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I JUST WANT EVERYONE HERE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT.

WHATEVER YOUR SPECIAL ISSUE IS TO REMEMBER WHAT A WONDERFUL TOWN WE LIVE IN.

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NO MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORT COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

[ MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

IT WAS PAINFUL GETTING ME THERE AND I GOT OUT OF THERE ABOUT 36 HOURS BACK HOME READY TO GO.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO THOUGHT OF ME DURING THIS TIME SENDING ME CARDS, SENT ME EMAILS.

THANKS FOR EVERYONE. APPRECIATE NORTHWEST FIRE.

THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR FOREHEAD FOR A WHILE, BUT COUNCILMEMBER COMERFORD.

NO REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICER. NO REPORT.

MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER MURPHY. JUST REAL QUICK.

I WANT TO THANK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY HOSTED US WHO GRADUATED CLASS IMPACT THREE.

AND SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.

AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOT SIGNED UP, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO.

CLASS NUMBER FOUR IS COMING UP. I BELIEVE IT'S JULY THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP, BUT MAKE SURE YOU GUYS DO IT BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK BEHIND THE SCENES AND SEE ALL THAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S OUR ROOTS.

SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEAT TO SEE IT. SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE IT, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP IMPACT CLASS 4.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KAI. NO REPORT. MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR. I DIDN'T FORGET YOU. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.

I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW, MEMORIAL WEEKEND IS COMING UP ON FRIDAY.

THIS FRIDAY AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND HELP US PUT FLAGS, OUR GROUP WILL BE OUT THERE.

SO WE'RE PUTTING FLAGS AT EACH ONE OF THE GRAVES AND THE COLUMBARIUM'S.

YOU'RE ALL WELCOME. AND THEN ON MONDAY AT 8:00 WILL BE THE SERVICE.

SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT AND HONOR OUR PATRIOTS AND OUR VETERANS, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND I TOLD JILL I'D DO THIS. HI, JILL. JILL'S AT A CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW, SO.

YEAH IN RENO. I THINK SHE'S PLAYING SLOTS REALLY.

BUT THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN, DAVID. THANK YOU MAYOR.

SO THIS WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT SOUTHERN ARIZONA HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, HAD ABOUT 60 PEOPLE THERE. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AND SPEAK WITH THE HOME BUILDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE DEVELOPERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE TRADES.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT. IT WAS A LOT OF GOOD DISCOURSE.

SPOKE FOR LIKE, I THINK THEY HAD TO RUN ME OUT EVENTUALLY, BUT HAD A GOOD TIME.

ALSO ATTENDED THE MARANA CHAMBER BUSINESS LUNCHEON, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE PRESIDENT'S ROUNDTABLE.

A REALLY EXCITING, I REALLY ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S JUST FUN TO BE THERE WITH THEM AND THEN WATCH THE GRADUATION OF IMPACT MARANA.

YOU KNOW, SEEING THESE PEOPLE THAT GRADUATE FROM THE IMPACT MARANA CLASSES AND WATCHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW DIFFERENT MARANA IS, IS JUST REALLY EXCITING.

YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM RECOMMENDS, HIGHLY RECOMMENDS PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

AND I ALSO RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY. AND THEN SATURDAY NIGHT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE LEAGUE CLOSING CEREMONIES.

WHAT A FUN TIME THAT WAS. YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET AROUND AND HANG OUT WITH THOSE KIDS.

TERRY ROZEMA WAS THERE AND WE HANDED OUT JUST PILES OF AWARDS.

IT WAS SO FUN. THOSE KIDS ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF JUST THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THEM AS A COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY PUTS WHAT WE DO HERE AS A COUNCIL IN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL.

IT NEEDS TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL. AND SO BEING THERE IS JUST SUCH A TREAT FOR ME.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MR. ROZEMA. MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

[ MANAGER’S REPORT: SUMMARY OF CURRENT EVENTS]

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GROUP THEY ARE LED BY AMANDA WIGGINS A REALLY GREAT ROUND TABLE AS WELL AS A CEREMONY FOR GRADUATING CLASS NUMBER THREE THE SECOND BEST CLASS BEHIND GRADUATING CLASS ONE.

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IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES OUT THERE, JUST HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

AND SO KUDOS TO MARANA LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL.

AS USUAL, OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UPDATE WE SO FAR THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY AS OF NOON TODAY, 51 SFR PERMITS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY. IN 2025, WE HAD 92.

SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE END UP HERE IN THE NEXT TEN OR SO DAYS.

THE MARANA OR I MEAN THE METROPOLITAN ALLIANCE HAD THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS FOR THEIR COMMON GROUND AWARDS IN THE TOWN OF MARANA CAME AWAY WITH TWO PRETTY BIG ONES, ONE FOR THE MARC, THE MARANA AQUATICS AND RECREATION CENTER.

AND THEN ALSO FOR THE RATTLESNAKE PASS, TWIN PEAKS ROADWAY.

SO WALKED AWAY WITH TWO PRETTY MAJOR AWARDS THERE.

AND THIS WEEK, IN FACT, JUST I BELIEVE IT WAS TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE TWIN PEAKS RATTLESNAKE PASS ROADWAY PROJECT WON PROJECT OF THE YEAR FOR THE ARIZONA PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION IN THE CATEGORY OF 25 TO $75 MILLION.

I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE 75 THAN THE 25, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE FIGHTING BELOW OR ABOVE OUR WEIGHT CLASS, BUT GREAT JOB TO THE ENTIRE TEAM, THE GROUP THAT WORKED ON THAT WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND WAY UNDER BUDGET.

SO GREAT JOB TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED. AND THEN WE FOUND OUT JUST LAST WEEK THAT THE MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS AWARDED THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN OF OUR TOWER. SO $800,000 THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO THE TOWN IN ORDER FOR US TO DESIGN.

AND OF COURSE, WHAT COMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER DESIGN IS CONSTRUCTION.

AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING LITERALLY YEARS FOR THIS TO COME TO FRUITION.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS KNOW, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HONEA HEIGHTS, THAT THEIR PARK IS GOING TO BE CLOSED. WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LETTING THEM KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSED THROUGH THE SUMMER, ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW, TOWARD THE END OF THE SUMMER, IT'LL OPEN BACK UP, BUT WE'RE IMPROVING THE PARK.

WE'RE ADDING A FULL COURT BASKETBALL COURT ADDING SOME SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE PLAY SETS ADDING BATHROOMS WHICH IS A BIG DEAL OVER IN THAT AREA. SO JUST A LOT OF REALLY GREAT WORK GOING ON OVER THERE, AND WE'LL KEEP PEOPLE POSTED ON THE PROGRESS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ITEM P 1. ITEM P 1 RELATING TO BUDGET. PRESENTATION OF THIRD QUARTER RESULTS JULY THROUGH MARCH FOR THE TOWN'S GENERAL FUND AND OTHER SELECTED

[ Relating to Budget; presentation of third quarter results (July-March) for the Town's General Fund and other selected major funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year (Yiannis Kalaitzidis)]

MR. KALAITZIDIS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL BRIEF FOR THE TOWN AND SOME OF ITS SELECTED FUNDS.

AS ALWAYS, THESE ARE UNAUDITED NUMBERS AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

THE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED HERE ON THIS INTERACTIVE TOOL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE TOMORROW FOR EVERYBODY TO GO IN AND HAVE FUN WITH. OF COURSE WE'RE FINANCE. WE THINK NUMBERS ARE FUN.

I WILL BE BRIEF TONIGHT. BUT PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU'D LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ANYTHING, PLEASE INTERRUPT ME OR ASK ME AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE ARE DOING AND CONTINUE TO BE DOING WELL IN RELATION TO OUR REVENUES.

THEY'RE COMING IN AS ANTICIPATED IN TOTAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND, 83% OF THE REVENUES BUDGETED FOR THE YEAR HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.

WHILE SOME OF OUR CONSTRUCTION SALES TAX REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW OUR TARGET THAT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE UP BY OUR RETAIL TAX REVENUE. SO OVERALL IN GENERAL WE'RE DOING WELL.

WE ARE SLIGHTLY BEHIND IN OUR REVENUES, BUT WE HOPE TO RECOVER AND GET CLOSER TO OUR NUMBERS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND IN GENERAL, IN ALL THE OTHER FUNDS, INCLUDING OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WATER, WASTEWATER, EVEN THOUGH THE PERCENTAGES ON THE FIRST PAGE LOOK LOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DETAIL IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES IN THE BACK.

WE WILL NOTICE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THE WATER FUND THAT THE REVENUES THAT MATTER, WHICH IS THE CHARGES FOR SERVICES, THE COMMODITY REVENUES THAT WE GET FROM THE USERS ARE AT ABOUT 74% HERE AND ABOVE 75% IN THE WATER RECLAMATION FUND.

LOOKING AT OVERALL OUR EXPENSES, AGAIN, THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN PREVIOUS YEARS AT THIS TIME.

FOR OUR GENERAL FUND AND SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS.

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I WILL NOT GO INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL TONIGHT, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO LOOK AT ANYTHING IN SPECIFIC, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YIANNIS? MAYOR. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. YEAH. MR. KALAITZIDIS.

ON THIS CHART THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW. I SEE THE BED TAX FUND DOWN.

IT'S UNDER 692 PLUS ALMOST 693. WHAT IS YOUR WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? LESS TRAFFIC FOR THE HOTELS AND SUCH. YES, SIR.

ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS NOT RELATED TO REVENUE SO MUCH.

I SWITCHED TO THE REVENUE SCREEN. YOU WILL NOTICE LOOKING AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR IN OUR REVENUES.

OKAY. IT IS MORE ON THE SIDE OF THE EXPENSES WE HAVE.

WE PAY FOR A STATE LAND LEASE THROUGH THIS FUND.

AND TWO THINGS HAPPENED THIS YEAR THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE REASON AND FOR WHY WE'RE SO MUCH HIGHER.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE ANTICIPATED AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE STATE LAND LEASE PAYMENT THAT WAS DONE.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS PART OF THAT CALCULATION, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE ARIZONA THE STATE AGENCY FOR ARIZONA, WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL THE CALCULATIONS THAT THEY MADE FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

AND THEY REALIZED THAT IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE LEASE, IN 2005 OR SO, THEY DIDN'T CALCULATE THE INCREASE CORRECTLY AS PER THE CONTRACT TERMS. SO THEY REPERFORMED THAT CALCULATION, AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT WE BASICALLY OWED THEM AN ADDITIONAL $450,000 ALMOST. SO THE REASON THAT OUR EXPENSES ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN OUR REVENUES AND MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, IS WE MADE PAYMENT FOR THOSE PAYMENTS IN ARREARS THAT WERE NOT CALCULATED PROPERLY BY THE STATE ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO.

THANK YOU. WELL DONE. I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. CONSENT AGENDA.

[ CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda contains items requiring action by the Council which are generally routine items not requiring Council discussion. A single motion and affirmative vote will approve all items on the Consent Agenda, including any resolutions or ordinances. Prior to a motion to approve the Consent Agenda, any Council member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda and that item will be discussed and voted upon separately.]

WELL I HEARD IT. MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

L 1. ITEM L 1 RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES. RECOMMENDATION TO THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR LICENSES AND CONTROL REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR A

[ Relating to Liquor Licenses; recommendation to the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control regarding an application for a location / owner transfer series #07 Beer and Wine Bar liquor license submitted by Christian Kevin Kramber on behalf of Concept Nails, located at 3844 West River Road Suite 100, Tucson, Arizona, 85741 (Jill McCleary)]

85741. GET YOUR NAILS DONE AND HAVE A DRINK. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR. PLEASE. SECOND THAT.

MAKE IT? NO. WE'LL MAKE IT. MOVE TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES.

A-1. ITEM A-1. ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.009. RELATING TO FINANCE.

[ Ordinance No. 2026.009: Relating to Finance; amending the Town of Marana Comprehensive Fee Schedule; and designating an effective date (Yiannis Kalaitzidis) Resolution No. 2026-034: Relating to Finance; declaring as a public record filed with the Town Clerk the amendments to the Town of Marana Comprehensive Fee Schedule adopted by Ordinance No. 2026.009 (Yiannis Kalaitzidis)]

RELATING TO FINANCE. DECLARING AS A PUBLIC RECORD FILED WITH THE TOWN CLERK THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF MARANA.

COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.009.

MR. KALAITZIDIS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TONIGHT, WE HAVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AN ORDINANCE AND A RESOLUTION AND RELEVANT EXHIBITS WITH AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE. YOU MIGHT RECALL, AT THE MARCH 3RD MEETING, WE PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH ALL THE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE, WHICH AS USUAL, INCLUDE A NUMBER OF CHANGES, SOME INCREASES, SOME ADDED FEES, BUT ALSO CLARIFICATIONS AND MODERNIZATIONS TO OUR FEE SCHEDULE, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT'S THERE IS PROPERLY UTILIZED, BUT ALSO UPDATING THE FEES TO ENSURE THAT WE RECOVER SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE REVIEWS AND THE WORK THAT WE DO.

ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS PRESENTED ON MARCH 3RD REMAIN UNCHANGED.

AND AS THEY WERE PRESENTED THEN AND AS PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION HERE TONIGHT WE DON'T EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO OUR

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ALL NOTICES AS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM WERE POSTED, AND WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE.

IF APPROVED, THE CHANGES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NOT ONE? ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HEAR A MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER KAI. YES. MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 2026.009.

DO THE RESOLUTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES. A-2. ITEM A-2 PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-035.

[ PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 2026-035: Relating to Budget; adopting the fiscal year 2026-2027 tentative budget (Yiannis Kalaitzidis)]

AS IN PRIOR YEARS, THE TENTATIVE BUDGET IS PRESENTED ON THE REQUIRED AUDITOR GENERAL FORMS. THESE FORMS REMAIN UNCHANGED IN FORM AND FORMAT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

THEY REFLECT OUR CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR REVENUES, EXPENSES AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED WITHIN THE SCHEDULES.

I DO NOT PLAN TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT PLEASE, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE ME TO TALK ABOUT THEM MORE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO. THESE FORMS ARE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, AS IS A FULL UPDATED COPY OF OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET BOOK THAT GIVES A GOOD SUMMARY OF ALL THE CHANGES.

AS YOU WILL RECALL, DURING OUR LAST MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I DID MAKE MENTION DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE CHANGES TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET AT THE TIME, AND MUCH OF THAT WAS RELATED TO RTA, SO WE WILL COVER THAT TONIGHT.

BUT OVERALL OUR BUDGET HAS INCREASED TO $560.2 MILLION.

WE WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE DETAILS OF WHAT MAKES UP THAT CHANGE, THAT DIFFERENCE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS, SINCE MOST OF THIS CHANGE RELATES REALLY TO RTA, OUR FUNDING HAS ALSO INCREASED FOR THE CORRESPONDING AMOUNT, SO THAT MONEY WILL BE FUNDED FROM RTA REVENUES.

SO WE'VE HAD VERY FEW OTHER CHANGES WHEN IT RELATES TO OPERATING EXPENSES.

LOOKING AT IT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, THIS IS WHAT WE PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH OUR RECOMMENDED BUDGET THREE WEEKS AGO.

IT WAS $502.9 MILLION DOLLARS. AND IF YOU NOTICE, I WILL POINT TO YOU THREE LINE ITEMS HERE THAT WILL CHANGE AS I FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRST LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL FUND WILL CHANGE ABOUT $600,000.

THAT'S FOR SOME REFINEMENTS AND SOME TO PAYROLL AND SOME CARRYFORWARD THAT WE HAD FOR THE MOST PART.

THEN THE NEXT CHANGE WILL BE TO SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT I WILL COVER IN MORE DETAIL ON WHY THAT CHANGED.

AND THEN CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS. THE THIRD LINE ITEM ALSO CHANGED, AND MOST OF THAT CHANGE WILL BE IN THE RTA.

THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS CHANGED, BUT THAT AMOUNT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN INSTEAD OF INCREASING BECAUSE WE ADJUSTED SOME PROJECT CARRYFORWARDS, WHICH BROUGHT OUR TOTAL CAPITAL DOWN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL SWITCH TO THE NEXT SCHEDULE.

YOU WILL NOTICE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. OUR GENERAL FUND WENT UP FROM $1.7 TO $2.3 MILLION.

OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS WENT FROM HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE TO THE NEGATIVE THAT WENT TO THE POSITIVE, AND THEN ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND WENT UP BY QUITE A BIT.

THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO INTERNAL SERVICE, SPECIAL DISTRICTS OR DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.

LOOKING AT A SUMMARY OF THE DIFFERENCES, THE BIGGEST CHANGES, THE MAJORITY OF THE $57.3 MILLION IN CHANGES HAVE TO DO WITH OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. NOW, IN TOTAL, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE FIVE YEARS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET BOOK, DID NOT ACTUALLY INCREASE. WE WERE JUST A LITTLE OVER $563 MILLION IN A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

AND WE ACTUALLY ARE NOW JUST A LITTLE UNDER $563 MILLION.

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LIKEWISE, MONEY THAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR THE RECHARGE BASINS, PART OF THE EXPANSION OF THE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT AND IT WAS PLANNED TO BE.

MONEY WAS PLANNED TO BE SPENT BETWEEN FISCAL YEAR 27 AND 28.

THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN 28 MOVED INTO 27. SINCE WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING TO HAVE THAT DONE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THE NORTH MARANA SEWER INTERCEPTOR, THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT CAME DOWN.

WE ARE MOVING FASTER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED WHEN WE PUT THE BUDGET TOGETHER FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

AND THEN ALL OTHER MOSTLY MINOR CHANGES ACCOUNTED TO ABOUT $365,000.

BUT IN THE SCHEDULE'S FAVOR. SO OVERALL, ABOUT $51.5 MILLION IN CIP CHANGES.

OTHER NOTABLE CHANGES WERE SOME CARRYFORWARDS.

WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR SOME OF OUR PAVEMENT PRESERVATION.

MOST OF THAT THROUGH HURF A LITTLE BIT OF IT FOR OUR TRAILS IN THE GENERAL FUND, JUST TO BE SAFE.

EVEN THOUGH THAT WORK IS NOW STARTING AND WILL BE HAPPENING, WE BELIEVE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE FOR THE MOST PART, AND THEN INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR TO BE CONSERVATIVE, WE INCLUDED THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CAPACITY.

WHATEVER WE SPENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR WILL NOT BE SPENT NEXT YEAR, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT HAPPENS.

THEN ALL OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE COMBINED ABOUT $600,000 IN THE LAST ITEM, WE INCLUDED ABOUT $2.4 MILLION FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

THE PROJECT, IF AND WHEN IT GETS GOING, WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPER IN ACCORDANCE TO THE AGREEMENT.

WE HAVE BUILDING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THE TOWN'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVE BUILT, FOR INSTANCE, SOME OF THE ROADS AND THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE AGREEMENT BASICALLY STATES THAT WE WILL REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE COST OF THAT ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE INCLUDED $2.4 MILLION OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR FUND FOR THE DOWNTOWN PROJECT AS ALLOWED FOR US TO USE FOR THAT PARTICULAR FUND. SO WITH THAT, MOVING ON TO THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE VERY MUCH.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, MOST OF THESE BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG CHANGE TO ME.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER GONE UP $57 MILLION.

SO MOST OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS GOING IN RTA STARTING SOONER.

IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? SO WE HAD TO BRING THE MONEY UP.

MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. IT MAKES SENSE.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE $2.4 MILLION? I KNOW IT SAYS IT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SORRY. SO DID WE NOT CATCH THAT 2.4 ON THE FIRST ROUND OR WHY ARE WE? I MEAN THAT'S IN THE BUDGET IN THE $84 MILLION I ASSUME.

BUT WHY ARE WE ADDING TWO, FOUR. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE DOING TWO, FOUR.

2.4. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THAT. MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR US TO REIMBURSE FOR SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT FOR THE FULL $84 MILLION. NO, NO, I DIDN'T MEAN THAT.

I MEAN, BUT WHERE'S THE 2.4? WHY ARE WE ADDING 2.4? DID WE MISS SOMETHING OR? WE INTENDED TO ADD BUDGET CAPACITY FROM TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR. IN THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WE HAD ONE SOURCE, BUT NOT THE SECOND SOURCE.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT STAFF OMITTED AND IT WAS INCLUDED.

WE CAUGHT IT AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, AND WE INCLUDED IT AS BUDGET CAPACITY IN AS PART OF THE CHANGES.

THAT I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CAVANAUGH.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON TRAILS, GENERAL FUND, PAVEMENT PRESERVATION, CARRYFORWARD.

ARE THOSE TRAILS, NEW TRAILS OR MAINTENANCE OF THE TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE MARANA AREA? MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER CAVANAUGH. EXCUSE ME.

THEY'RE EXISTING TRAILS THAT WE'RE DOING PAVEMENT PRESERVATION ON.

PAVEMENT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU

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ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 TENTATIVE BUDGET.

WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. D-1. ITEM D-1 RELATING TO LEGISLATION AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS.

[ Relating to Legislation and Government Actions; discussion and possible action or direction regarding all pending state, federal, and local legislation/government actions and on recent and upcoming meetings of other governmental bodies (Terry Rozema)]

VICE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. REALLY NOT MUCH TO REPORT HERE, AS THEY'VE STILL BEEN IN A HOLDING PATTERN UP AT THE LEGISLATURE.

BUT THE GOVERNOR DID RECENTLY LIFT KIND OF THE HOLDING PATTERN THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN.

SO THE HOUSE IS GOING TO RECONVENE NEXT WEEK, AND THE SENATE IS GOING TO RECONVENE ON JUNE THE 1ST.

SO WE MIGHT SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS BEGIN TO MOVE.

BUT AS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN NO MOVEMENT ON ANY OF THEM.

THAT CONCLUDES YOUR REPORT, THEN. MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.

SECOND

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