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The Winslow City Council voted to amend the City Charter to change election dates in Winslow.
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City Clerk Suzy Wetzel said, “The intent of this resolution is to call a special election for Nov. 5, 2019. This is a result of recent legislation signed by the Governor (Doug Ducey) requiring all cities to change their primary and general elections to the fall of even numbered years. Since our charter is very date specific regarding elections, it must be amended and the only way to do that is to take it to a vote of the qualified electors of the city. The November special election would be to change the charter.”
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Mayor Tom McCauley said, “Historically, we have always had our elections in May. What this will do, if we approve the charter amendment, it will extend the current members terms by six months. This is where I have a problem with that. Our elections are in May because we don’t want to get swallowed by the state and federal ballot items. We are going to have to make a really concerted effort to get our message out and to get the information out there. This was not the state legislature’s finest moment, in my opinion.”
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The council did approve the resolution calling for a special election to amend the city charter.
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In other business, the council:
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* Approved an ordinance levying upon the assessed valuation of Winslow property at a primary tax rate of $1.39 per $100 of valuation.
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* Accepted a grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety in the amount of $16,000 for equipment and funding of DUI related services.
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* Approved a resolution authorizing the city to enter into an equipment lease purchase agreement with First Capital Equipment Leasing Corp. for the financing of 16 vehicles, including 14 police vehicles in the amount of $735,568 with the first payment due in July 2020.
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* Approved a resolution to meet Rural Transit Grant requirements including matching funds of $68,000 in the development of a transit program in Winslow.
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* Approved an agreement between the City of Winslow and the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) wherein the city will pay 25 percent of payroll expenses of the detective assigned to the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) with the remaining 75 percent to be reimbursed by DPS.
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* Approved open purchase orders for fiscal year 2019-2020 in a routine procedure allowing city staff to sign purchase orders to regularly used vendors.
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* Approved the extension of the Economic Development and Rodeo Exploratory Advisory Committees termination dates. Previously, both were slated to end on July 31, 2019, but will be extended to Nov. 29, 2019.
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* Appointed Julian Davis and Jasmine Castro as non-voting youth members of the Winslow Arts Council.
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* Proclaimed July 20-21 as Clear Creek Days in Winslow and July 26-27 as Laguna Days in Winslow.
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* Approved the requested $3,000 in assistance which covers police and fire detail, and the waiver of vendor fees for the 25th Annual Just Cruis’n Car Club Car Show to be held Oct. 4 and 5.
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* Approved a $2,500 financial assistance request for Clear Creek Days to provide entertainment and logistical expenditures for the event. The funds will come from the City Council’s Special Event Fund.
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The next meeting of the Winslow City Council will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 13 in the council chambers, located at 115 E. Second St.
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