City Council Study Session, September 24, 2026
Approved: Appointments to boards and committees, unanimous
What happened
On September 24, 2026, Mesa approved Appointments to boards and committees (unanimous).
The Mesa City Council study session on 2026-09-24 contained no land-use votes; the main substantive business was a staff presentation of FY26-27 utility rate recommendations (water, wastewater, electric, gas, solid waste), with a notice of intent set for October 5, rate ordinance…
- Jurisdiction
- Mesa, AZ
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- September 24, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
Free sample: decision 1 of 3
Utility fund forecast and recommended rate and fee adjustments
Presentation of FY26-27 utility rate proposals. Water: residential tiers 1-2 +3.5%, tiers 3-4 +4.5%, service charge +3.5% (per Audit and Finance), large commercial usage +23%, new two-tier excess surcharge, drought charge 8 to 13 cents/kgal; typical residential bill +$1.69. Wastewater: +7.5% residential, +8.5% non-residential. Electric: residential +$3.66/month average; commercial +2.5%. Gas: residential +$2.35, commercial +$11.84. New $60 manual meter read fee. Solid waste residential +5.5% ($1.92), green and clean fee +5 cents. Capacity fee funds growth projects. No vote taken.
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Key Decisions (3)
Utility fund forecast and recommended rate and fee adjustments
Park North Development 6A (consent agenda review)
Appointments to boards and committees
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Development Activity (1)
Park North Development 6A
Residential
Market Signals (4)
Infrastructure
Mesa's capacity fee now funds growth-related water and wastewater projects,…
Infrastructure
Signal Butte water treatment plant expansion comes online this fiscal…
Commercial Demand
Large commercial water users face a 23% usage increase and…
Sentiment
Council Member Duff attended an Arizona Data Center Alliance event…
Who spoke
21 distinct speakers; 18 identified names.
All speaker roles: 6 Councilmember, 13 Staff, 1 Chair, 1 Attorney.
Identified name roles: 5 Councilmember, 12 Staff, 1 Chair.
Speaker sample: Brian Richel, Staff.
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Zoning terms (5)
64 recorded timestamps
- residential (29 timestamps)
- approved (1 timestamps)
- commercial (32 timestamps)
- industrial (1 timestamps)
- duplex (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (3)
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