Mayor Powell has six oh one.

Good evening.

Welcome to tonight's Elo City Council meeting.

It is Monday, April twenty second, twenty twenty-four.

To call this meeting to order is approximately time is six oh one.

Miss Mary, can we get a roll call, please?

Councilmember Snyder.

Yes.

Councilmember Wanamata Rodriguez?

Here.

Vice Mayor Curtis.

Here Mayor Powell.

Here.

Councilmember Snyder.

Councilmember Garcia?

President.

Councilmember Terengo.

Here.

All right, thank you.

Council Member Sutton.

Sutton.

Here.

Oh yeah.

Councilmember Sutton, I'm sorry.

There's an item to be voted on.

You're going to be the first one I call on.

I'm sorry.

All right.

Do we have Pastor Umil Holt here or Pastor Kim Bundle?

I to offer this opportunity.

Anybody in the uh audience or anybody on Council like to say a prayer for invocation?

It's all stamped for a moment of silence if we could, please.

And after that remain silence for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Next, we're gonna have council uh member announcements.

Anyone on my right side, Andy?

Yes, yes, Mayor.

We have some announcements.

It's been a pretty busy week.

In fact, I had to write down all that we did.

On Friday the 12th, alongside Vice Mayor Curtis and Councilmember Snyder, we attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for a newly constructed home made possible through grant funding from the USDA rural development.

I would like to give a shout out to city staff and Miss Medina for her unwavering dedication in bringing this pro uh project to fruition and making Eloy better for everyone.

Furthermore, on the 17th, I had the privilege of attending the Arizona City Chamber of Commerce luncheon, joined by the mayor, Vice Mayor Curtis, and others.

During the event, the mayor provided insightful updates on the development and plans for the Sunland Gin Road, which were warmly received by the attendees from Arizona City.

Later that same day, participated in the state of the county event hosted by Supervisor Steve Miller.

The mayor and council members and other dignitaries were also present.

It was an informative session highlighting the progress and vision for our county.

Moving forward to the 18th, myself along with fellow council members, attended the Panel County Planning and Zonal Meeting in Florence.

I took the opportunity along with others to voice our community's opposition to the proposed solar plans on the borders of Eloy, and I'm pleased to report that our stance prevailed with a decisive nine to one vote.

Additionally, on the same day we attended the APS public notice session regarding the proposed installation of new high voltage power lines in and around Eloy.

I expressed the concerns that I have with these lines, and I'm pleased that they were very receptive to the concerns we had to the placement of these high voltage power lines.

Later that day, I participated in the airport master plan public session here in Eloy, seeing the different plans for the airport and the hangars.

It was very exciting, and we see good things coming for the airport.

Moving on to the 19th, myself and other council members attended concert in the park organized by the city.

The band outside the line delivered an exceptional performance.

And while I cannot confirm or deny reports of electoral candidates dancing on the grass, the turnout was notably higher this year compared to last year.

I'd like to voice my appreciation to Paul and City staff for the exceptional work in organizing this event and ensuring its success in the park really looked great.

Everybody had a good time.

Thank you.

Lastly, today Mayor and I met with Deacon Patton, a representative from the Panel County Superior Court Juvenile Court Services to explore avenues to address teen issues in our community.

This was the first meeting, and hopefully it's beginning of what I anticipate will be instrumental to the progress on this crucial matter.