The Mesa City Council met on January 13, 2026 (meeting began on the evening of January 12) to consider a consent agenda, several pulled items including an amendment to the city manager's contract, a new battery energy storage systems ordinance, an electric bicycle ordinance, and zoning cases. Public comment was heard on multiple items. The council voted on all matters.
Item 4L – City Manager Contract Amendment
Item 8A – Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Ordinance
Item 8B – Electric Bicycles and Scooters in Parks
Items 8D and 8E – Zoning Cases
Note: The transcript indicates the meeting began on January 12, 2026, but system metadata shows January 13, 2026. The meeting continued past midnight.
Good evening. Welcome to our Mesa City Council meeting for January 12th, 2026. All members of our council are present. With that, we're going to begin and stand with a moment of silence and then follow us in the Pledge of Allegiance. So please stand if you can. Thank you. Following the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the United States of America. Indivisible with every team of Justice R. Thank you, everyone. Item one is on the consent agenda. Mr. Christopher, you come forward. Miss Mosley, do we have any other items pulled off of the consent? I have the ones you gave me. The four that I gave you prior to the meeting. Yes. And Kevin, you have four items being pulled from consent. Oh, he has one extra. Okay, which is the other one. It was 4L. 4L. Okay. Go ahead, Mr. Christopher. All right. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. These are the items on the consent agenda. All items listed with an asterisk will be considered as a group by the city council and will be enacted with one motion. There'll be no separate discussion unless the council member or citizen request in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item. Item two, approval of minutes of previous meetings is written. Item 3A, Acting Liquor License Application for Barbecue Chicken Mesa, 138 South Dobson Road. Item 3B, Acting Electrical License Application for Pellagio Smoke and Vape, 28 South Dobson Road. Item 3C, Acting Electrical License Application for Petal House Brewery, 201 West Main Street. Item 3D, Acting Electro License Application for Las Centas Golf Club, 7555 East Eagle Crest Drive. Item 4A, approving contract to purchase flow rider repair parts and services of the Parks Recreation Community Facilities Department. Item 4B, approving one-year term contract for dynamo, playground equipment repair and replacement parts for the parks recreation and community facilities department. Item 4C, approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for fencing and gate installation, repair, rental, and supplies for the parks recreation and community facilities and the facilities management departments. Item 4D, approving three-year term contract with two-year renewal options for fasteners, hardware, and electrical supplies for the fleet services department. Item 4E, approving nine-month use of cooperative term contract with renewal options for the purchase of public communication equipment and services for the Department of Innovation and Technology. The cost is shared by the members of the Topaz Regional Wireless Cooperative. Item 4F, approving 13-month use of a cooperative term contract for transless technology rehabilitation and related products and services for the water resources department. Item 4G, approving four-year term contract for water and wastewater treatment chemicals for the water resources and parks recreation and community facilities departments. Item 4H, approving use of the cooperative contract for the purchase of two E1 Cyclone Custom Hazmat apparatus for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department. This is funded by 2024 public safety bonds. Items 4I through 4K are approving and authorizing the mayor to sign an amendment to the employment contracts for the following employees. 4I is for the city clerk, 4J for the city attorney, 4K for the city auditor. Item 4L has been removed from the consent agenda. Item 5A, approving resolution authorizing the city manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Maricopa County for the waterline relocation for the new traffic signal at Ellsworth Road and Pueblo Avenue intersection. Items 6A and 6B are for continuance to the February 23rd City Council meeting.