MINUTES OF THE PEORIA CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PEORIA, ARIZONA
COUNCIL CHAMBER
March 22, 2011


A Special Meeting and Study Session of the City 
Council of the City of Peoria, Arizona was convened 
at 8401 West Monroe Street in open and public 
session at 5:00 p.m.
Members Present:  Mayor Bob Barrett; Vice Mayor 
Cathy Carlat; Councilmembers Ron Aames, Joan 
Evans, Carlo Leone, Dave Pearson and Tony Rivero.

Members Absent:  None.

Other Municipal Officials Present:  Carl Swenson, 
City Manager; Susan Daluddung, Deputy City 
Manager; Susan Thorpe, Deputy City Manager; Steve 
Kemp, City Attorney; Wanda Nelson, City Clerk; Andy 
Granger, John Imig, Bill Mattingly, Brent Mattingly, 
Roy Minter, Wynette Reed, Tom Solberg, Jeff Tyne, 
Glen Van Nimwegen, Claudia Luján and Rhonda 
Geriminsky. 

Audience:  Approximately 10 members of the public 
were present.

Note: The order in which items appear in the 
minutes is not necessarily the order in which they 
were discussed in the meeting.

STUDY SESSION

1.
Bureau of Land Management’s Public Comment Process Regarding Arizona 
Public Service’s Application to Construct Electric Transmission Lines Adjacent 
to State Route 74 

Carl Swenson, City Manager, informed Council that all future Study Sessions 
will be held in the Council Chamber.

Steve Burg, Assistant City Attorney, provided an overview of the Bureau of Land 
Management's public comment process regarding Arizona Public Service's 
application to construct electric transmission lines adjacent to State Route 74.

Mr. Burg outlined the history related to determining the location of the Arizona 
Public Service line, as well as the new application process for the Bureau of 
Land Management. Mr. Burg stated the new application process will include a 
public comment period.

Discussion ensued regarding the public comment period, notice of intent and 
location of the public meetings.

2.
City Manager Budget Overview and Submittal of Proposed Fiscal Year 
2012 Budget  

Carl Swenson, City Manager, presented the 
proposed Fiscal Year 2012 City of Peoria 
budget. Mr. Swenson outlined the following: 

*	General Fund Revenue History
*	Principles of Sound Financial 
Management
*	Results of adhering to the Principles of 
Sound Financial Management
*	Budget Challenges
*	Addressing a $3.7 million shortfall
*	Budget Solutions
*	Authorized Full-Time Equivalent 
Positions
*	General Fund Fiscal Year 2012-2016 
Forecast
*	Utility Rate Increases
*	Comparison of City Utility Bills to 
neighboring cities

Discussion ensued regarding:

*	State-Shared Revenues
*	Changes in consumer patterns
*	The City’s Enterprise Fund
*	Utility rate increases and the lack of 
economic growth

Jeff Tyne, Budget Director, provided an 
overview of:

*	Operation Budget
*	Reductions in size
*	Revenue Composition
*	Half-Cent Sales Tax Fund
*	Transportation Sales Tax Fund
*	Water Operating Fund
*	Street Operating Fund
*	Capital financing issues
*	Budget Process schedule/Council 
Budget Work Sessions

Discussion ensued regarding:

*	Vacancies within the City
*	Differences between the General Fund 
and Franchise Revenues
*	Census Growth

CONSENT AGENDA : All items listed with a “C” are 
considered to be routine or have been previously 
reviewed by the City Council, and will be enacted by 
one motion. There will be no separate discussion of 
these items unless a Councilmember so requests; in 
which event the item will be removed from the 
General Order of Business, and considered in its 
normal sequence on the Agenda.

Motion was made by Councilmember Aames, 
seconded by Councilmember Leone to approve the 
Consent Agenda.  Upon vote, the motion carried 
unanimously 7 to 0.

1C   
Authorization to Hold an Executive Session

Authorized the holding of an Executive Session for 
the purpose of: 

a)	Discussion with Legal Counsel for legal 
advice pertaining to contract negotiations with 
the United Phoenix Fire Fighters Association 
Local 493 (PFFA). (Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-
431.03(A)(5)). 

b)	Discussion with Legal Counsel for legal 
advice pertaining to contract negotiations with 
the American Federation of State, County, and 
Municipal Employees Local 3282 (AFSCME). 
(Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(5)).


ADJOURNMENT 

Being no further business to come before the 
Council, the meeting was duly adjourned at 6:26 p.m.           
       
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		Bob Barrett, Mayor    
                                   
 
ATTEST:


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Wanda Nelson, City Clerk




CERTIFICATION
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true 
and correct copy of the minutes of the Special 
Meeting and Study Session of the City Council of 
Peoria, Arizona held on the 22nd day of March, 2011. I 
further certify that the meeting was duly called and 
held and that a quorum was present.
Dated this 5th day of April, 2011.                        
                           
(Seal)
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Wanda Nelson, City Clerk

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