Minutes for 2023 Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee - Amended

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2023 Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee
Goodyear City Hall - Library Conference Room
1900 N. Civic Square
Goodyear, AZ 85395

Thursday, March 23, 2023

6:00 p.m.

Meeting Minutes

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Chairman John Cox at 6:02 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Present:: Chairman John Cox; Vice Chairman Joseph Hester; Committee Member Jesse Aynes; Committee Member Tamara Floyd; Committee Member Danna Kiracofe; Committee Member Eric Lien; Committee Member Brian Murphy; Committee Member James Reynolds; Committee Member Susan Schmelzer; Alternate Ernie Nepomuceno; Alternate Gerald Wilson
Absent:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti; Committee Member Joseph Moreno
Staff Present:: Finance Director Doug Sandstrom; Deputy Finance Director Jared Askelson; Finance Manager, Financial Services Celina Morris; Finance Management Assistant Amie Gressett

PUBLIC COMMENTS

There were no public comments.

BUSINESS

APPROVE MINUTES

MOTION BY Committee Member Eric Lien, SECONDED BY Committee Member Tamara Floyd to APPROVE the draft minutes of the March 9, 2023 Citizen Bond Exploratory Committee meeting. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

REVIEW AND DISCUSS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

Deputy Finance Director, Jared Askelson recapped the Committee's recommendations discussed in the March 15th committee meeting. Chairman John Cox facilitated further discussion with the Committee.

REVIEW, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON BOND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee action was taken as follows:

MOTION BY Committee Member Brian Murphy, SECONDED BY Committee Member Jesse Aynes to MOVE to recommend to City Council that a question be placed on the 2023 ballot authorizing $95,000,000 of general obligation bonds for the purposes of streets and transportation improvements. The motion carried as follows

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

MOTION BY Chairman John Cox, SECONDED BY Committee Member Susan Schmelzer to MOVE to recommend to City Council that a question be placed on the 2023 ballot authorizing $80,000,000 of general obligation bonds for the purposes of public safety improvements.

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

MOTION BY Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, SECONDED BY Chairman John Cox to MOVE to recommend to City Council that a question be placed on the 2023 ballot authorizing $17,000,000 of general obligation bonds for the purposes of parks and recreation improvements. This recommendation is contingent on favorable results of a survey to be conducted prior to a call for election.

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

MOTION BY Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, SECONDED BY Committee Member James Reynolds to ACCEPT the Committee Recommendation Model dated March 2, 2023. The motion carried as follows:

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

MOTION BY Chairman John Cox, SECONDED BY Committee Member Brian Murphy to MOVE to recommend Question No.2 (Public Safety Bonds) to be written as follows: To design, acquire, purchase land and construct fire resource management and public safety training facilities; to furnish, equip and improve fire resource management and public safety training facilities; and to improve grounds hereof specific to improvement projects; and to recommend to City Council to review purposes of Question No.1 and Question No.3.

AYE:: Chairman John Cox, Vice Chairman Joseph Hester, Committee Member Jesse Aynes, Committee Member Tamara Floyd, Committee Member Danna Kiracofe, Committee Member Eric Lien, Committee Member Brian Murphy, Committee Member James Reynolds, Committee Member Susan Schmelzer
Other:: Committee Member Peter Diliberti (Absent), Committee Member Joseph Moreno (Absent)

Passed - Unanimously

INFORMATION ITEMS

There were no information items.

NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held on April 20, 2023.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to discuss, Chairman John Cox adjourned the meeting at 7:56 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted by:

______________________________ Jared Askelson, Committee Secretary	__________________________ John Cox, Chairman
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