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Monday, May 5,2025 7:00 PM City Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Wilson called the special meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present 7- Mayor Wilson
Vice Mayor Schroeder
Councilmember Cross
Councilmember Heck
Councilmember Johnson
Councilmember Nesser
Councilmember Soller
Staff in Attendance:
Bryant Powell, City Manager
Matt Busby, Assistant City Manager
Evie McKinney, City Clerk
Joel Stern, City Attorney
Michael Pooley, Police Chief
Ryan Kaup, Economic Development Director
Kayla Fulmer, Director of Marketing and Communications
Rudy Esquivias, Development Services Director
Sidney Urias, Development Services Deputy Director
Kelsey Schattnik, Principal Planner
Ted Wolff, Public Works Director
Kayla Fulmer, Marketing and Communications Director
Angelie Hawley, Finance Director
Pam Harrison, Library Director
Liz Langenbach, Parks& Recreation Director
Anna McCray, Human Resources Director
Rob Wisler, Management Analyst
CONSENT AGENDA
AGENDA ITEMS
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1. 25-217 Presentation and discussion with the mayor and city council on the Fiscal
Year 2025-2026 budget, classification and compensation plan for city
employees, and the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS)
Pension Funding Policy.
City Manager Bryant Powell introduced the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget and stated that Staff
has been working diligently since the Council Retreat to make sure Council goals and objectives
for the community are met. He thanked the Finance team for helping to correlate where the
budget ended last year, to current revenue and expenditures, while trying to forecast where
things will be going. He shared that some of the upcoming challenges will be expenditure
limitations and San Tan Valley's possible incorporation. The population growth has been faster
than the expected consumer price index so the base budget may need to be reviewed in the
future or home rule may be need to be considered.
Mr. Powell stated with proper planning and timing and the continued support of the sales tax, the
City has been able to maintain the service the community has come to expect in spite of the
challenges. He also announced several proposed budget items.
Finance Director Angelie Hawley shared key budget assumptions of positive activity with sales
tax, the full impact of the urban shared income tax will create an estimated decrease of$2.1
million, the rental tax was eliminated effective January 2025, which resulted in lost revenues of
$1.5 million, employee compensation increases and capital projects will proceed as planned for
the General and Special Revenue Funds. Ms. Hawley presented various slides that reflected the
budget summary, general fund revenues and expenditures, special revenue fund revenues and
expenditures, capital projects for FY 2026, and some of the before and after completed capital
projects for FY 2025.
Councilmembers commented on the hard work that staff has done to answer their questions in
a timely manner and to create a balanced budget.
Assistant City Manager Matt Busby stated next steps are the classification and compensation
plan and the pension funding policy for public safety retirement. These items will be on the
agenda for the Special Meeting for Tentative Budget Adoption to be held Monday, May 19th,
2025.
PUBLIC HEARING
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Wilson adjourned the meeting at 7:10 p.m.
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ACCEPTED THIS -?O DAY OF a 2025, BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE JUNCT ON, ARIZONA.
SIGNED AND ATTESTED TO THIS V?04b DAY OF Nay 2025.
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Mayor
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EVIE MCKINNEY
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