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Good morning, special session, mayor and city council meeting, 10 a.m. Friday, September 11th, 2026, city hall, council chambers. Call us many to order. Would please rise for a pleasure, Lizard.

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and better it's Mr. Dolor, Mr. Pohakres, Mr. Yodhis.

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Thank you.

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Hello.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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to the very nothing but the U.S. sense of my nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice.

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Thank you.

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So,

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for

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we continue, I like to do a moment of silence and to request one for the 9.11,

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the 25th year and those lives that we've, the country lost and the others were our chiefs

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mother that just passed away with the police rights and give us a moment of silence.

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Thank you.

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First item on the agenda is a proclamation, one of proclamation national POWMIA recognition

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day.

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This day will take on beyond 18th number we'll go ahead and read proclamation.

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with any of the weather and still me the favor of reading the Plot of Proclamation, please.

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Proclamation National POWMIA recognition day, whereas in every conflict in which our

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nation has been involved, selfless American service members have sacrificed their lives

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for the sake of our country and its principles.

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Too many have never come home or have endured unthinkable hardship as prisoners of war.

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On this day, we echo the creed in scribe on the black and white banners that fly in

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honor of America's Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.

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And we renew our promise to our heroes that you are not forgotten and, whereas we will

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never give up the search for those who are held as Prisoners of War or have gotten missing

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under our country's flag.

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We honor their sacrifice and we must care for their families and pursue the fullest possible accounting for all missing members of our armed forces.

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Together, we must serve our nation's patriots, as well as they have served us by supporting them when they come home.

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And by carrying on the legacy of those who do not, and whereas City of Nogales desires to participate in the National POW MIA Recognition Day held on September 18th, 2026, and we'll fly the POW MIA flags at the City Hall on that date.

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Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that the Mayor and Council of the City of

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Nogales, Arizona, do hereby proclaim September 18th, 2026 as National P.O.W.M.I.A.

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Recognition Day in the City of Nogales, and reach all citizens to join in its

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observance and to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's prisoners of

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war and those who remain missing in action. In witness we're up, we have Arun

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to set my hand and cost to the effects, grace, seal of the city of Nogales County

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Center Cruz Jorge Maldonado Mayor.

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Thank you, sir.

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And again, this ceremony is going to be on the 18th, on next Friday than here.

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At the wall. And it's very, very good. It could be here to join.

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Yes. It's a Friday. Mr. I know I'm out of town. Mr. Viceman is out of town. Mr. Doyle will be doing the reading of the proclamation at the ceremony. Thank you, Mr. Doug. Next, we move to discussion item. Number one, discussion, impossible action regarding in kind support.

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with an estimated value of approximately 137 dollars to be provided by the Parks and

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Reg Department for the Prisoner Awards, Missing and Action POWAA hosted by BFWX72026 in partnership

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with the McGell's High School AFDRORTC scheduled for Saturday.

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Saturday.

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That's a Friday.

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So that's a misprint schedule for Friday, September 18th at 10 a.m.

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Councillor Booneer.

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Thank you, Mayor.

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Mayor and council ask for support on this agenda.

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Like I said, clearly we just need 30 chairs.

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There's the podium and the use of the PA, if needed, I'll be rerunny the PA anyways there.

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So that's another cuss savings right there, too.

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So I ask for your support for this in-kind donation.

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Mr. Bedar, are you in?

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Okay.

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All good?

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All in favor?

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You have a motion?

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Okay.

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Second.

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Thank you. Sorry, but that mostly by Mr. Doyle, second by Mr. Vice Mayor and Bonilla's. Okay. All in favor? Aye.

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Opposed? Motion passes. Number two consideration and possible action on regarding authorization of Mayor Maldonado official travel to Ensignab, Baja California, Mexico to attend the by national border leadership summit scheduled on October 29 to 30.

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30th, 2026.

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Any discussion?

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Okay, all in favor?

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All in favor?

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All opposed?

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Motion passes.

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Thank you.

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Number three, discussion possible action regarding the request of in kind support or the

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Mbf which is Mexican baseball fiesta event in Nogazara, Zona including 25 hotel rooms for

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for the 908 or Mexican team, 30 hotel rooms for the Hermos Seal team,

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baseballs, dinner, breakfast for the 908 team on prior services and

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associate class, 500 in transportation assistance for the preparation,

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participating teams, dinner for Hermos Seal team and

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5,000 in support for the Mexican baseball fiesta.

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I think it's just a lot of money spent that we're not supposed to work.

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I don't think it's a good idea for us to support this.

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The idea is good, but the pain, all what you mentioned here, hotel and food and that's not possible.

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Yes, I agree. We have been having this event for the last four years, I think, and we've

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never been requested as amount of money. I love baseball. I like going to baseball games,

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but when we talk about in-kind services, we're already providing the baseball field, the facilities,

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policies, the police, and the fire, and I think that, you know, I'm okay with that, but,

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you know, when they start asking for money, you know, they're not bringing any tourism,

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you know, to watch these games, because I've been to these games, and, you know, at the

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most, I see, like, maybe 100 people there, and they charge for that, you know, so we have

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to get away from lending city facilities for other organizations to charge and make money

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money on it, so I may be not in agreement with this item.

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Is there better?

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I also agree with Councilman Lopez and Bajorquez.

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I can't responsibly put this financial burden on the taxpayers.

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It's a way.

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I also love baseball support, the events in O'Gallus, but this is way too much.

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And, like I said, I put on agenda, because this is what was growing at me. It was, you know, my, that's not my suggestion.

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I am totally against paying this, but I don't want the city and the community saying, you know, we didn't, we didn't try, we didn't do.

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I tell them, if you guys want to do it, the way we've done it before, we'll do it again,

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which is doing the kind of the parks, the police, and functioning where they've been getting

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the sales of the games.

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We've been supporting Boys and Girls Club with beer sales, we've been supporting, excuse

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me, the Nogales share team with the sales of the concessions, baseball team gets $2

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back on the tickets they sell and stuff like that, but going from what we were doing to this,

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Yes, I think it's too much, too much, yes sir.

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Don't they also go in, I'm sorry, here.

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Don't they also play in Tucson?

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They play in Tucson, they'll play in Augusta,

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nor are they'll play in Douglas, they'll play in Phoenix,

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they'll play in Las Vegas.

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No, I'm referring here close by.

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In other words, for the Abbott baseball fan locally,

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locally, they could still participate by going and

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watching the games, whether in Tucson or even across the

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Inorrales, Sonora, in other words, we can still catch some

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baseball, but like you said, this is way out from what we're

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accustomed and they can't, they didn't leave any middle ground

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to try to come up with something better than what they're

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Proposal? I made the question actually yesterday afternoon again and asked them if you are in agreement to continue to do it the way we've done it in the past. I think the council would agree.

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But if that because these numbers are way too much and we're out of our budget.

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Right. Well, that was a good suggestion there. We're always glad to have baseball here in

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town, but not at this cause.

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Correct. You know, so, you know,

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for me, for the city, I think

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it's burning and ashamed, you know, that this is the way they want to offer it. So, I don't

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If they come back and say, you know, we'll do it the way we used to, which also two minutes

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went before our meeting started, I had a had a response, you know, bring it back to

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council and maybe do another special session to approve it and you know, we can't approve

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something, you know, the bus should say, we'll approve it if they decide to work the way

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we can, we worked it. Can we do that?

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Yes. A mayor, that's what I was going to suggest,

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I recommend that if we could approve that right now beforehand,

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the old way, if they come down. In other words, if they take the same responsibility,

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they've taken in the path, where the city does,

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only provides the field and I guess from

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from parks and recreation, a few people,

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the normal range of cost.

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I would make a motion right now

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that if they decide that they'll go that route,

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that we approve it now,

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that we don't have to call for a special session

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to do it the way we've done in the past.

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So I make a motion to approve it

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that we've been done in the past,

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but not the way they're recommending or suggesting now.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Second.

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I have a question.

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Yes.

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Oh, shoot.

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Sorry.

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Uh, this question is from Mr. S's.

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Can that be done without them officially requesting to amend it without the request being

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officially yet?

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Yes.

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It's a council for obvious on what you.

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You don't have to approve it as submitted.

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that you can approve it as much.

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All right. So we have motion throughout second. So mayor, you're still on discussion.

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Mr.

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Daya was made a motion to if we we would approve it the way it was the way we've been working at it, you know, just put it in the field.

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So the same in time that we've done in the past.

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If that's specific enough, if our director says that's specific enough, no problem.

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I just wanted to make sure that staff knew what was expected of staff.

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Did we finish the other motion though?

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Did we vote on the other one?

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There was no motion on the other one.

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There was no motion on the other one.

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to go back to the old way. No, they requested this, and I requested that, you know, I'm

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pretty sure this was wasn't going to be approved, and I asked them if not, would you be willing

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to work the way we've done it in the past? And I haven't received an answer before meeting,

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I mean, you know, my last email to him was probably 10, 30, 11 o'clock last night, but, you know, we did prepare to work it without having to come to another special session to do it.

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You know, if they decide, they don't, then we don't, we just don't do it.

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I just want to make sure direction is specific enough for our director.

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Could you come up for a second?

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I'm sorry, Mayor.

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Yeah, maybe if we can slide and talk about how we've done it in the past so that staff

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has some details as what's going to be expected.

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Director Oropessa, could you kind of define what happened in the past and now we have a good

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idea. What's expected?

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Mayor Mayer.

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Yes, in the past years we've had the two Mexican ladies come in and what we would

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do is feel prep, have my people there, have my personnel work the gates, as well as

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concession stands, it would issue out to boys and girls club, the cheerleaders, or another

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nonprofit organization.

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We would take care of all the maintenance, all the field prep, all the cleanup afterwards, and then we were done with that.

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And that was all that we did for the City of Novelis.

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So, yes, this rundown, what is presented today is a little bit too much.

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I don't think the City of Tucson or the City of Phoenix will do such a thing for these teams.

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so I think it's a little bit too much. One game is great. I think especially on a weekday, but we don't see the population that we used to see in the past.

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It's just weekday school the next day. It's impossible to attract so many attendees.

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So, director, to be clear, we started the year with 50,000 a GL account for cash contributions.

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This touch is none of that.

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It will all be work hours within your department.

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With our department, yes.

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So, guesstimate as to the work hours from the last time you did this.

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From the last time work estimate, we're looking about roughly about $4,000 to $5,000 just on field maintenance and overtime.

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Thank you for that.

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Thank you, council. Thank you, Mayor.

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Okay.

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Are we comfortable?

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That's it.

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I may spend another second.

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All in favour?

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To do it the way we done it in the past.

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All opposed.

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We'll keep you posted. Thank you.

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Motion passes to do it.

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The way we done it in the past.

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And not to do it the way they offered to.

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to do it. Next we'll go to number five liquor license. One consideration possible actually

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of liquor license number 2026-18 consideration of the recommendation to approve the

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insurance of a special event liquor license submitted by Horton of the Guadalaj Paryas

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So, so, on behalf of Sacred Heart Catholic School for a Gala Dance event scheduled for October 17th, 2026, 5.30pm to 12.00am.

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So, move me a second.

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Any discussion? All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Motion passes.

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Number two, consideration, possible action of

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liquidations, number 2026-19, consideration of a recommendation to approve an insurance of a special

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liquid license submitted by Margarita Garcia-Pedix. On behalf of Lourdes Athletic School for the

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I just wanted to bring something up to the council's attention with the special liquor license, the statute actually allows the council to designate a

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a city representative to make these rules.

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And I've got another, I've got other municipalities

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that are doing that where they're designating the city manager

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to approve just the special liquor licenses,

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which we'll avoid having to go through these special meetings.

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I think rarely has a special liquor license been denied

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or a recommendation for denial been made.

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And so, if you want, I can prepare a resolution to bring the council at the next regular meeting, and then I think that would help process the special event liquor licenses in a more timely manner.

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I think it's a very good idea.

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I think that's one of the things that I was in the behind us and have, you know, the

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processes for these special meetings.

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The only thing I would add Mr. Access, as long as whoever is in the city manages office

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It relates the information to the council when those legalizations are being approved.

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Yes, absolutely.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Thank you, sir.

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Any other items?

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I'm moved to adjourned this meeting.

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Second.

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All right.

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All right.

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Opposed?

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Any adjourned.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you everybody.