Bullhead City Council Executive Session and Annual City Manager Review – January 21, 2025
Bullhead City Council Executive Session – January 21, 2025
The Bullhead City Council met in executive session on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 1255 Marina Boulevard, Bullhead City, Arizona. Prior to the session, beginning at approximately 3:30 p.m., council members were invited to view recently purchased water and wastewater equipment and vehicles in the parking lot adjacent to the council chambers. All council members were present, and the council moved into executive session.
Call to Order & Roll Call
- The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m.
- Roll call confirmed that all council members were present.
- A motion was made to move into executive session, and the council proceeded into closed session.
Executive Session Agenda Items
- Legal advice concerning the status of Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Pool v. City of Bullhead City, Maricopa County Superior Court Case No. CV2024-029964, under Arizona Revised Statutes § 38-431.03(A)(3).
- Annual review of the City Manager, under Arizona Revised Statutes § 38-431.03(A)(1).
- The agenda expressly noted that no legal action would be taken by the City Council during the executive session.
Transcript Note
- The raw transcript captures only the opening roll call and the motion to enter executive session. After that point, it contains extensive unrelated city promotional and public-service content, including police department, wastewater, trash and recycling, parks, senior services, and community college announcements, rather than a record of the closed-door deliberations.
- No minutes were provided, and no public comments were taken during the open portion of the meeting.
Key Outcomes
- The City Council convened in executive session at 4:00 p.m. on January 21, 2025.
- All council members were present.
- The council entered executive session for the two listed agenda items.
- Consistent with the agenda, no legal action was expected or reported from the executive session.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, everyone. This is Tuesday, January twenty first, twenty twenty-five. It's four PM. We're here to go into an executive session. Can I get a roll call, please? All council members are present. All right, could I get a motion to move into executive session? Motion goes executive session. Cash roots. They get to shoot our handgun, our rifle, they meet our forensic specialist and go through training with them. They tour our forensics lab and they lift a fingerprint, seeing that it's not just something easy to do, that there's a lot that goes into, you know, processing a crime scene. Twofold. One, because I want to make sure people's rights are upheld. Even the people that choose a negative lifestyle that's not conducive to civil society, no, they're outbreaking the loss. They still need to be protected with their rights too. But the other reason is to make sure that government stays within its bounds. Make sure that it doesn't violate people's rights, doesn't intrude in people's rights, that we're not an occupying force. We're there to serve. For a great weekend, consider reserving one of Rotary Park's twenty-eight medium and small robotas for a great day and barbecue in the park right along the beach. Those looking for a venue to host a large party or gathering should consider one of Rotary's two large remadas, each equipped with power and water. Rotary Park is located at twenty-three fifteen Balboa Drive in Bullhead City and is open from four thirty AM to eleven p.m. daily. Hello, my name is John Traquato, and I work for the City of Bullhead City in the wastewater division. I'm here to remind you and to stress that there are only three things that should be disposed of in the sewer system. One human waste, two, toilet paper, and three graywater. Please do not flush any disposable or non-disposable wipes, baby wipes, paper towels, napkins, or any other paper or non-paper products, as this will cause a major sewer backup. And when I say major sewer backup, this is what I mean. This is our drying bed, and this is um our trucks pump this out, clean it out of the sewer lines, and they come here and dump. And what it's supposed to be is basically grease and human waste. And as you can see, it is more than that. We have wipes, we have plastic bag, razors, pencils, candy wrappers, screw, pieces of styrofoam. There's just a piece of plastic. Hundreds and hundreds of tampon plastic applicators that should be thrown in the trash, never down the sewer. This these clumps of stuff here that we're looking at, the white and the green stuff that you're seeing is baby wipes, wipes, and paper. It plugs our pumps in, then it's labor in pulling the pump, and labor and diagnosing it. We have to send it out to a company when it burns up the pump, and we're talking minimum forty fifty thousand dollars of taxpayers' dollars that can be avoided very easily. Rotary Park is located at twenty three fifteen Balboa Drive in Bullhead City and is open from four thirty a.m. to eleven p.m. daily. Monday's service area includes the general area of Silver Creek Road north, including the areas on the west side of Highway 95 between Silver Creek and Raymar Road. Monday service will also include the areas surrounding the airport, McCormick Road, and both subdivisions on the north side of Highway 68. Tuesday service area includes the area west of Highway 95 between Hancock Road and Riverview Drive all the way to the Colorado River plus the Chaparral Terrace Subdivision. Wednesday service area includes Riviera area from Hancock Road north to the Colorado River as well as the area south of Raymar Road to Mojave Drive. Thursday service area includes Chaparel Golf Course, Fox Creek, Arroyo Vista, and Clearwater Hills. Under the current agreement with the public services, residents are allowed six bulky item pickups per year. To schedule or learn more about the services, visit the city's website at BullheadCity.com and navigate to the community tab that to Trash, Recycling, and Bulky Item Pickups. If you have questions concerning trash and recycling or to schedule a bulky item pickup, please contact Republic Services at 928-758-000. Rotary Park is the home of two annual AYSO soccer tournaments, three annual pickleball tournaments, four annual 5K races, and a different softball or baseball tournament almost every weekend of the year. With the addition of pickleball courts, in addition to major annual tournaments, Rotary Park accommodates several city and youth recreational leagues throughout the year. We have 55 acres of quality fields that are lit.
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