The Mesa City Council unanimously approved its consent agenda on Nov. 3, authorizing a range of contracts, liquor-license actions and grant agreements.

City staff read a list of consent items that included liquor-license applications for Zong Smoke Shop (1710 W. Southern Ave.), Main Burger (161 W. Main St.) and Crust Simply Italian (233 E. Main St.); a contract for the Greenfield Water Reclamation Project construction reliability improvements, coordinated with the towns of Gilbert and Queen Creek and funded by the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant joint venture fund; approval of Fire Station 202 rebuild work funded by 2022 public safety bonds; a dollar-limit increase for cooperative-term radio equipment parts and services for the Mesa Police Department; three-year term contracts with renewal options for fleet services parts and for masonry and painting services for the transportation department; a one-year contract for excess workers'compensation insurance and surety bond; and a resolution to enter into a grant agreement with the Arizona Department of Public Safety to accept Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds for victim-services salaries and expenses in the Mesa Prosecutor's Office.

"All items listed with an asterisk will be considered as a group by the city council and will be enacted with one motion," Mr. Christopher (city staff) said while reading the consent items. Item 6B was removed from the consent agenda for separate consideration.

After routine motion and roll call, the council recorded the consent vote as unanimous. The transcript records Councilmember Adams stating "I vote yes." The clerk later took Item 6B up separately; a member of the public, Carey Davis, spoke in favor of Item 6B and urged support for single-family housing over higher-density multifamily development. Following that comment, the council moved and voted to approve Item 6B; the chair stated the vote was unanimous.

The meeting record shows the council also approved a resolution to exchange real property with Sunshine Acres Children's Home to facilitate a new city sewer lift station, and considered a general plan amendment (25-462) involving ~60 acres at Warner Road and Haws Road, with the plan change moving the place type from "urban center" to "urban residential." Specific contract documents, dollar amounts and vendor names were not read into the transcript during the consent presentation.