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Home My WebLink About10012024_Agenda NOTICE OF MEETING REGULAR MEETING FOUNTAIN HILLS TOWN COUNCIL Mayor Ginny Dickey Vice Mayor Brenda J. Kalivianakis Councilmember Peggy McMahon Councilmember Hannah Toth Councilmember Gerry Friedel VACANT Councilmember Allen Skillicorn TIME:5:30 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING WHEN:TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024 WHERE: FOUNTAIN HILLS COUNCIL CHAMBERS 16705 E. AVENUE OF THE FOUNTAINS, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ Councilmembers of the Town of Fountain Hills will attend either in person or by telephone conference call; a quorum of the Town’s various Commission, Committee or Board members may be in attendance at the Council meeting. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9, subject to certain specified statutory exceptions, parents have a right to consent before the State or any of its political subdivisions make a video or audio recording of a minor child. Meetings of the Town Council are audio and/or video recorded and, as a result, proceedings in which children are present may be subject to such recording. Parents, in order to exercise their rights may either file written consent with the Town Clerk to such recording, or take personal action to ensure that their child or children are not present when a recording may be made. If a child is present at the time a recording is made, the Town will assume that the rights afforded parents pursuant to A.R.S. §1-602.A.9 have been waived. REQUEST TO COMMENT The public is welcome to participate in Council meetings. TO SPEAK TO AN AGENDA ITEM, please complete a Request to Comment card, located in the back of the Council Chambers, and hand it to the Town Clerk prior to discussion of that item, if possible. Include the agenda item on which you wish to comment. Speakers will be allowed three contiguous minutes to address the Council. Verbal comments should be directed through the Presiding Officer and not to individual Councilmembers. TO COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM IN WRITING ONLY, please complete a Request to Comment card, indicating it is a written comment, and check the box on whether you are FOR or AGAINST and agenda item, and hand it to the Town Clerk prior to discussion, if possible. TO COMMENT IN WRITING ONLINE: Please feel free to provide your comments by visiting https://www.fountainhillsaz.gov/publiccomment and SUBMIT a Public Comment Card by 3:00 PM on the day of the meeting. These comments will be shared with the Town Council. NOTICE OF OPTION TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the Town Council, and to the general public, that at this meeting, the Town Council may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, for legal advice and discussion with the Town's attorneys for legal advice on any item listed on the following agenda, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3). 1.CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Dickey 2.INVOCATION - Pastor John R. Koczman, Trinity Lutheran Church 3.ROLL CALL – Mayor Dickey 4.STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION 5.REPORTS BY MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS AND TOWN MANAGER A.PROCLAMATION: Designation of October as National Arts and Humanities Month. B.PROCLAMATION: Designation of October as Community Planning Month. C.PROCLAMATION: Designation of October 6 - 12, 2024, as Fire Prevention Week. D.PROCLAMATION: Designation of October 2024, as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 6.PRESENTATIONS A.The Chief Financial Officer will present 4th Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Town Revenues to Mayor & Council. 7.CALL TO THE PUBLIC Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.01(H), public comment is permitted (not required) on matters NOT listed on the agenda. Any such comment (i) must be within the jurisdiction of the Council, and (ii) is subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions. The Council will not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during Call to the Public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action. At the conclusion of the Call to the Public, individual councilmembers may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to Town Council Regular Meeting of October 1, 2024 2 conclusion of the Call to the Public, individual councilmembers may (i) respond to criticism, (ii) ask staff to review a matter, or (iii) ask that the matter be placed on a future Council agenda. 8.CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS All items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine, noncontroversial matters and will be enacted by one motion of the Council. All motions and subsequent approvals of consent items will include all recommended staff stipulations unless otherwise stated. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a councilmember or member of the public so requests. If a councilmember or member of the public wishes to discuss an item on the Consent Agenda, he/she may request so prior to the motion to accept the Consent Agenda or with notification to the Town Manager or Mayor prior to the date of the meeting for which the item was scheduled. The items will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. A.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approving the Minutes for the Town Council Regular Meeting of September 4, 2024. B.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Approval of Ordinance 24-18 Reinstating Town Code 9-5 9.REGULAR AGENDA A.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Professional Services Agreement 2025-030 with Top Leaf Tree Services, LLC for wash and dam maintenance. B.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Resolution 2024-037 for an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Town of Gilbert for use of the Gilbert Fire and Medical Department's (GFMD) training facility and associated programs. C.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Resolution 2024-39, Relating to the Sunset of the Sister Cities Advisory Commission. D.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Ordinance No. 24-19, Deleting Article 2A-6 of the Fountain Hills Town Code for the Sunset of the Sister Cities Advisory Commission. 10.COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION to the TOWN MANAGER The Council may (1) request the Town Manager to follow-up on matters presented at that meeting; and/or (2) a consensus of the Council may request the Town Manager to research a matter and report back to the Council. 11.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Town Council Regular Meeting of October 1, 2024 3 11.FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 12.ADJOURNMENT Dated this 26th day of September 2024. _____________________________________________ Angela Padgett-Espiritu, Town Clerk The Town of Fountain Hills endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. Please call 480-816-5199 (voice) or 1-800-367-8939 (TDD) 48 hours prior to the meeting to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting or to obtain agenda information in large print format. Supporting documentation and staff reports furnished the Council with this agenda are available for review in the Clerk's Office. On the day of the Council Meeting, the Council Chamber doors open at 5:15 p.m. for public seating. Town Council Regular Meeting of October 1, 2024 4