Gilbert City Council Regular Meeting - December 3, 2025
Gilbert City Council Regular Meeting - December 3, 2025\n\nThe Gilbert City Council held a regular meeting on December 3, 2025, beginning with an invocation by Pastor Tim Alman of Christ Greenfield Lutheran Church, the Pledge of Allegiance, and employee recognition awards. The council approved a consent agenda, heard public comments, and voted on a land development code text amendment to increase required public benefits for height bonuses in the Heritage Village Center district.\n\n### Employee MVP Recognition\n- Four employees received MVP awards based on nominations aligned with town values (driven, kind, bold, humble): Glenn Troutman (Stormwater Utility Worker Senior, driven), Karina Yorty (Grants Coordinator, kind), David Hawkins (kind, no title given), and Keith Bradshaw (Police Counseling Manager, humble). Over 150 nominations were submitted. Winners were recognized and photographed with the mayor.\n\n### Public Comments & Testimony\n- Noah James Markham (Tempe resident) spoke about alleged misconduct by town police, questioned the Preston Lord case, criticized a Starbucks for not providing free water, and expressed concerns about religious groups and businesses in Gilbert.\n- Carissa Arnold (former Gilbert resident, now Mesa) accused the council of corruption, negligence, and failing to act on evidence of unlawful conduct by town officials. She referenced her daughter's sexual assault case, criticized a council member for linking corruption allegations to mental illness, and demanded an outside investigation. She stated she would not meet with Councilmember Chuck and asked for harassment to stop.\n\n### Consent Calendar\n- The town manager, Patrick Banger, presented six consent items (2–7):\n - Police Service Dog Transfer – Transfer of Kylo to Arizona Department of Corrections (no cost to town).\n - Video License Agreement – Grants video service operator authority to use town rights-of-way; generates 3.5% gross revenue fee.\n- Higley Road Improvements – Engineering services contract with Kimley-Horn for $323,000 (design concept review and traffic analysis).\n - Heritage Trail Crossing Change Order – Increase of $74,000 for pedestrian hybrid beacon (HAWK) and ADA improvements.\n - Non-Residential Grass Removal Rebate Program – Contingency of $150,000 due to high participation (9 projects since July vs. 6 in prior two years).\n- All items approved unanimously via voice vote.\n\n### Discussion Items\n- Item 10 – Z25-10 LDC Text Amendment (Heritage Village Center Development Standards)\n - The amendment revises height bonus requirements: currently one action from Table A or two actions from Table B. Councilmember Kaprowski proposed increasing Table B requirements to three actions to ensure more public benefits (open space, art, sustainability, public amenities).\n - A public comment from Noah James Markham supported development and requested Section 8 housing.\n - The public hearing was closed, and Councilmember Kaprowski moved to approve the ordinance with the revision to require three actions from Table B. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.\n\n### Key Outcomes\n- Consent calendar (items 2–7) approved unanimously.\n- Items 8, 9, 11, and 12 approved en bloc without discussion.\n- Item 10 adopted with amendment to require three actions from Table B for height bonuses.\n- Town manager reported municipal court statistics: over 16,000 new filings in FY25, over 500 protective orders issued, over 2,000 hours of community service coordinated.\n- Gilbert Police Dispatch Center expansion received a Silver Award for Station Design Excellence.\n- Council reports highlighted upcoming community events: Jingle Bell Express (Dec 12), Holiday Afternoon Tea for seniors (Dec 19), Gilbert Sister Cities Irish Social (Dec 5), and East West event (Feb 5, 2026).\n- Mayor noted a highly successful water tower lighting event.\n- Meeting adjourned without further business.
Meeting Transcript
I can have everybody uh be seated. We'll go ahead and get started here. Hello. I'm going to call to order the regular council meeting of December second, twenty twenty-five. Our invocation this evening will be by Pastor Tim Alman of Christ Greenfield Lutheran Church. Pastor. There we go. Yeah. Good evening. Good to be with you. Uh a quick word from First Timothy chapter two. First of all, Paul writes, then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, uh, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. I've been a pastor here in this uh wonderful town for the last twelve years, and it's a privilege to live and do ministry and life in uh the town of Gilbert. It is an honor to raise kids and to live with peace and quiet here in this city. And I don't know what's gonna be disquieting tonight, if anything, as a leader in a community, it's there can be trouble and there can be trial. But I pray for peace and for unity as we uh unite to create the best community possible for the sake of ourselves and the next generation. With that let's pray. Heavenly Father, I think and praise you for our leaders in the town of Gilbert. Give us great uh wisdom and great diligence as we steward this wonderful town well, the resources and the people. Thank you for not just our leaders, but those that protect our community for the safety, peace, and quiet that we experience here and where there is disquiet, where there is disunity, bring unity. Thank you, Jesus, for your love, a love shown through sacrifice and service on a Roman cross and the hope that we have because of your glorious resurrection. May this team exemplify sacrifice and service as they provide this wonderful service in leading our wonderful town, the town of Gilbert. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Thank you, Pastor. Our pledge of allegiance will be led by Councilmember Kaprowski. And to the republic for which we stand. I think we have a presentation first. This program allows employees to recognize and showcase their achievements of their peers, supervisors, and colleagues over the past year. Employees are nominated based on their accomplishments that align with town values of driven, kind, bold, and humble through written nominations and are anonymously scored by a committee of previous MVP winners. And tonight I would like to reflect on our values and highlight the four winners that emerged from last month's ceremony. When I call your names, please stand to be recognized. And then after I get done reading all four, uh I'd like to invite the mayor down for a picture. First, I'd like to begin with the value of driven. We are passionate and driven to excel, always hungry for new challenges and opportunities to achieve more for our community every day. Average doesn't interest us. We're always pushing ourselves for amazing. We understand the importance of our work and strive every day to give Gilbert the future it deserves. Our winner for the category of driven was Glenn Troutman. He is a stormwater utility worker senior for the town. He unfortunately could not make it tonight, but let's give him a round of applause. Next kind. She's a grants coordinator for the town. And then finally, humble. We have a flat organization where titles are the least interesting thing about us. Service is at the heart of everything we do. We all have meaningful contributions to make. We embrace the servant leadership model and relish opportunities to facilitate the success of others. Authenticity and collaboration are critical to our success. And our winner is Keith Bradshaw, a police counseling manager for the town.
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