The Tempe City Council held a special budget meeting on May 15, 2026, at approximately 8:00 PM (local time). The primary agenda item was a public hearing to adopt the fiscal year 2026-27 tentative budget and to set subsequent public hearings for June 4, 2026 (capital improvements program, truth in taxation, property tax levy, and final budget) and June 25, 2026 (final adoption of the property tax levy rate). The meeting concluded at 12:02 AM on May 16, 2026.
All right, we go. All right. Whoa. I thought it broke it too. All right. Welcome everyone to the City Council's special budget meeting agenda. Item number one is called to order. Council meetings can be watched in real time via Cox Cable Channel Eleven and at Tempe.gov slash Tempe Eleven. Members of the public may also attend the meeting virtually through Microsoft Teams. We are now going to play a video with the proper protocol for ensuring the appropriate conduct of city council meetings. I'm sure you are having a trade. However, rules of decorum are in effect and behavior that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of any city council meeting is not permitted. This includes behavior at the podium inside or adjacent to the council chambers. Speakers shall refrain from name-calling, making personal or insulting comments or slanderous remarks while addressing the city council or while attending the meeting. Your right to address the Tempe City Council is important to us. These rules are intended to create an atmosphere that is conducive to thoughtful public speech. Thank you. You're welcome. Oh my god. Oh my goodness. What we just had there was Vice Mayor Garland agreeing with the code of conduct. And then we also had Cara, our clerk, actually doing a quick voiceover when the video was playing. If you hear that in the background. So no. Alright, so next up is item 2A. Hold a tentative how to hold a public hearing to adopt a resolution, adopting the fiscal year 2026 27 tentative budget, and setting public hearings for June 4th, 2026 for the following. Adopting the fiscal years 2026-2027 through 2020 2030-31 capital improvements program, holding a truth in taxation hearing, approving the fiscal year 2026 27 property tax levy, and adopting the fiscal year 2026 27 final budget. Also setting a public hearing for the final adoption of the property tax levy rate at a meeting scheduled for June 25th, 2026. All right. So budget staff is here. All right. Well, let's look for this air. This is a public hearing item. So if there's any public testimony on item 2a. Um Ms. Justice, you have a card for this. Did you want to come speak or? All right. Please come forward. State your name and city of residence. You have three minutes. Thank you. I approve of that. No, I've looked at all that, and I really think it's great. And when the other came up about the discussion about what you're going to be sending, I had seen it on this too. But thank you very much. God bless you all and have a good night. Thank you. Thank you. Good night, darling.